{"id":29773,"date":"2023-03-25T17:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T11:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=29773"},"modified":"2023-03-25T17:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T11:51:48","slug":"after-the-captain-falls-ill-a-pilot-from-another-airline-helps-southwest-land-the-plane-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/25\/after-the-captain-falls-ill-a-pilot-from-another-airline-helps-southwest-land-the-plane-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"After the captain falls ill, a pilot from another airline helps Southwest land the plane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the airline and radio traffic data, the captain of a Southwest Airlines flight that took off early on Wednesday from Las Vegas became “incapacitated” and needed medical attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southwest Airlines flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This incident surprised some passengers who had no idea a pilot had become ill, who had no idea a pilot had fallen ill. A pilot from another airline assisted in landing the flight. FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, reported that Southwest Flight 6013<\/a><\/strong> had departed just after 6:30 a.m. for Columbus, Ohio.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for the airline claimed that one of the aircraft’s pilots “needed medical attention” while it was in the air, but she did not elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A person claims that the captain had begun to have stomach pain five minutes before “fainting or becoming incapacitated” in radio traffic that was recorded by the website LiveATC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the source, the captain “came back” about 60 seconds later and was being attended to in the plane’s tail. He needs to be placed on an ambulance right away, the person says.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Diane McGlinchey <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Diane McGlinchey, a Las Vegas resident who was travelling with her husband, reported on Thursday that she didn’t observe any panic when flight attendants first announced their inquiry about whether or not there were medical personnel on board over the public address system of the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For assistance, a front-seat passenger who identified herself as a nurse turned on her call light, according to McGlinchey. She said that because she and her husband were seated in the rear of the aircraft, they had missed the fact that the pilot needed assistance, but they were aware that the sick passenger was in the same row as the nurse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a medical problem occurred on board, the crew would “calmly just give us an update saying we’re going back to Las Vegas,” according to McGlinchey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft was being flown by a second Southwest <\/a><\/strong>pilot while a credentialed pilot from another airline, who was travelling on board as a passenger, entered the flight deck and helped with radio communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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