Passenger Lands British Low-Cost Airliner After Pilot Falls Ill
A lucky combination of circumstances.
A Boeing 757 operated by the British low-cost airline Jet2, flying from Manchester to the Portuguese city of Funchal on the island of Madeira, made an emergency landing in the city of Porto, Daily Mail reports. The reason was that the aircraft's pilot had fainted.
The incident became known at 10:20 local time. Fortunately, the pilot was replaced by one of the passengers on the plane: a Jet2 pilot from the same airline who was flying on holiday. With the help of the second pilot, he landed the 120-tonne aircraft in Porto.
The 40-year-old captain, who had fallen ill, was taken off the plane in a wheelchair and wearing an oxygen mask. He was later taken to hospital for medical treatment.
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