Incident: Jazz DH8C near Montreal on Jul 20th 2010, captain incapacitated

20.07.2010 - 22:15

An Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration C-GNON performing flight QK-8788 from Montreal,QC to Saint John,NB (Canada) with 32 people on board, was about 80nm east of Montreal when the first officer radioed the captain had fainted. The first officer returned to Montreal, where the airplane landed safely about 25 minutes later. The captain had recovered as much that he was able to walk off the airplane, he was subsequently taken to a hospital. The airplane departed again with both flight crew replaced and reached Saint John with a delay of 2.5 hours. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBe903d6 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login