Flight attendant helped pilot land 767
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
An Air Canada copilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit, restrained and sedated, and a flight attendant with flying experience helped the pilot make an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, an investigation found.
The plane, with 146 passengers and nine other crew members aboard, was bound from Toronto to London.
The unidentified 58-year-old copilot was removed from the Boeing 767’s cockpit by attendants. He spent 11 days in Irish mental wards.
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