Incident: Continental B752 near Moncton on Jul 16th 2010, pilot incapacitation

19.07.2010 - 23:22

A Continental Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N17139 performing flight CO-112 from Newark,NJ (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL350 about 90nm northeast of Moncton,NB (Canada) when air traffic control was informed about the pilot suffering from chest pain. The crew requested to divert to Boston and was cleared to FL320 and direct Boston. The airplane landed safely in Boston about 70 minutes later. The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBe84ab3 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login