If there is something that can push a budding fear of flying in a bad direction, it must be, when the staff is on a plane above the system is going to have to ask the passengers if there are people present with a medical background, when the cause is that the pilot has become ill and no longer can steer the plane.
One can well imagine that some of the passengers on a Cathay Pacific flight had to sink an additional time, as the pilot had to receive first aid from a passenger, as the pilot during the flight suddenly had trouble breathing.
It writes Fox News on the basis of a report from the Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA), which is investigating the case.
the Plane was 21. February on the way from Perth, Australia to Hong Kong when the pilot announced to the staff that he did not feel at the top, as there was still over an hour’s flight back.
Copiloten had to take over, and who were sent a so-called Pan-pan message to the Hong Kong air traffic control. A Pan-pan-detection is the level below a mayday-call, and the heralds, that there is danger to people or equipment if not get assistance within a short time.
According to the report, got the crew, the assistance of an air passenger with a medical background, while a doctor from the airline, also helped to over the aircraft’s radio system with the treatment of the pilot.
Copiloten also provided to let the plane fall to a lower height to ease the captain’s breathing.
the Aircraft landed without further problems in the Hong Kong International Airport, and the paramedics were in place to help the captain. The pilot lost not consciousness along the way.
It is according to Fox News the second time this year, where a pilot on a Cathay Pacific flight had to declare themselves unable to work due to ‘physical malaise’. 26. January, it happened the similar case, on a flight from Japan to Hong Kong, where copiloten also had to take over.
This is despite the fact that Cathay Pacific Airways, which you can read in the article above, is counted among the world’s 20 most secure airlines.
