Air Canada Co-Pilot removed from plane

[Parche]

The co-pilot of an Air Canada flight from Toronto to London has been placed in psychiatric care in an Irish hospital after the plane made an emergency landing Monday, say reports.

Air Canada didn't provide details, but said the flight made an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, on Monday morning local time after the co-pilot fell ill.

The Irish Independent said flight staff and a passenger who was a member of the Canadian Forces removed the co-pilot from the plane after it landed at Shannon Airport.

Officials at the Irish airport confirmed to the Irish Independent that the co-pilot was admitted to the psychiatric unit of the Ennis General Hospital.

Flight 848 was diverted after the co-pilot began "acting in a peculiar manner and was talking loudly to himself," said the report.

In a statement issued Monday night, Air Canada said proper procedures were followed "in light of the co-pilot falling ill."

Air Canada said safety was not compromised during the incident.

Patrick Flynn, a freelance journalist in Shannon, said passengers were taken to local hotels after the plane landed. A second Air Canada plane arrived at Shannon Airport from London's Heathrow Airport less than five hours later with a replacement crew, said Flynn.

Shannon Airport Authority spokesperson Eugene Pratt said the flight arrived in London about eight hours later than scheduled.

"An Air Canada crew flew in here yesterday and took the aircraft on to London to complete the trip," he said.

Pratt, who called the incident "irregular," said about a dozen flights end up diverted to Shannon each year because of technical, mechanical or health problems

[soleft]

1. Must have had the fish

:shrug:

[Westegg]

2. ...And don't call me Shirley...

[TrogL]

3. CBC said it was a "nervous breakdown"

There is no "nervous breakdown" in DSM-IV

[jmowreader]

4. They should put it in there...

After Shrub speaks, a lot of people have one of those.

[Skittles]

6. that's what they called it in the 70's

I think they call it a psychotic break now, something like that

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. What's an Air *Canada* plane

doing in Ireland? :wtf:



Dude's probably got Navcom's Syndrome.

[SPKrazy]

7. there's an odd fact

that people prone to bipolar disorder

tend to have more manic breaks flying to Europe

and more depressive episodes flying to the US

the scientific thought is that it has to do with sleep wake cycles and them inducing these states

one has to wonder though what it is that goes on

:shrug:

[Dangerously Amused]

8. Clearly,

it is because they are anticipating Amsterdam heading in, and anticipating the BFEE heading back.

[theredpen]

9. God is my co-pilot

It really saves a lot of hassle.

[Canuckistanian]

10. I just heard he was taped into a seat

Right in front of the other passengers.