KQ Morning Show
November 02, 2009
STORY: Qantas plane landed in Perth with 'incapacitated' captain
An emergency was declared at Perth Airport this morning when a Qantas Boeing 737-800 landed with an "incapacitated" captain. The plane landed safely with 110 passengers on board. The flight, QF593, left Adelaide about 6.50am (local time) and touched down in Perth at 7.30am. The co-pilot and air traffic control navigated the aircraft onto the airport's longest runway and, after it touched down, a tug was used to tow it to the Qantas domestic terminal. An ambulance attended the airport to treat the captain as he walked off the plane. A spokesman for the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau, which is investigating the incident, described the captain as "incapacitated" during the landing. He has since been taken to a Perth hospital to be checked out and will remain in Perth to recover.
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posted by LASHARA! on 11/2/2009 8:19:02 AM
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(11/2/2009 10:37:47 PM) How was he able to see the runway without his head? ;) |
| - Jason |
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