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co pilot stories: 3 news summaries

Flight 1549 Co-Captain: 'I'm Just an Airline Pilot'

Copilot reports Obama is a 'very, very nice guy'

Jan 23, 09 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - He helped saved 155 people with the successful water landing of US Airways Flight 1549, but co-pilot Jeff Skiles says he was only doing his job. "I'm just an airline pilot, and that's what we do,” Skiles told the New York Post. "We weren't doing anything any... More »

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Barack Obama • plane crash • pilot • Hudson • co pilot • President Obama • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash • Jeff Skiles

Stewardess Helps Land Flight After Co-Pilot Cracks

Licensed pilot jumps in on London-bound plane after man suffers breakdown

Nov 19, 08 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - After an Air Canada captain had his co-pilot handcuffed and dragged from his seat during a January flight, a female flight attendant helped steer the London-bound passenger jet to safety in Ireland, the Guardian reports. The original co-pilot was “quite harried” when he entered the cockpit, a report released... More »

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airline • flight attendants • air travel • Air Canada • co pilot

Co-Pilot Cuffed
in Midair After Breakdown

Toronto-London flight makes emergency landing in Ireland

Jan 30, 08 2:14 PM CST
(Newser) - An Air Canada flight from Toronto to London had to make an emergency landing Monday in Ireland after the co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown in midair, the Telegraph reports. The pilot started screaming God's name while at the controls of the Boeing 767; crew members removed him from the cockpit,... More »

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airline industry • mental illness • air travel • Air Canada • co pilot

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