Co-pilot faints on flight from Seattle
SEATTLE -- A medical emergency on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Las Vegas led to an emergency landing Tuesday evening.
About a half-hour before landing, the co-pilot on Alaska Flight 606 fainted and was unconscious for a moment, according to Bobbie Egan of Alaska Air.
The plane was on auto-pilot at the time, and after the captain radioed ahead for emergency landing priority, the flight landed safely at McCarran Airport at 5:26 p.m.
The co-pilot was taken to the hospital to be checked out. Egan said he is up-to-date on his required yearly medical evaluation.
About a half-hour before landing, the co-pilot on Alaska Flight 606 fainted and was unconscious for a moment, according to Bobbie Egan of Alaska Air.
The plane was on auto-pilot at the time, and after the captain radioed ahead for emergency landing priority, the flight landed safely at McCarran Airport at 5:26 p.m.
The co-pilot was taken to the hospital to be checked out. Egan said he is up-to-date on his required yearly medical evaluation.
Baggage fees are enough to make grown men faint.....
 @ALTemp $20 makes you faint?Â
I love that they provide a cya by saying "he is up-to-date on his required yearly medical evaluation". Ya well a LOT can happen in a year.
 @cm257n7 They get a medical every 6 months.
He took to big of a bong hit. Happens all the time.
That's why there are two....
Maybe he was what Alaska Airlines calls a "nicotine user" and was in violation of that policy.
prolly the end of his flying career either way.....
 @bagsofdirt doubt it... people can faint for numerous reasons... if he is a diabetic and perhaps did not know it (knows it now) etc... without more details to say it is the end of his pilot career is a reach at this point...besides Pilot and Co-Pilot are their for a reason....
a myriad of underlying causes, from tight pants, to dehydration, heart irregularities/anomalies, medications, drugs/alcohol, allergic reaction, any sudden vaso-dilation, psychogenic shock of any origin. Good thing they have two pilots. Â
 @Komo Dragon Flu?
 @Komo Dragon It's myriad alone, not myriad of to be correct!
 @custerisus No actually YOU are wrong. Both are acceptable.Â
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 @custerisus thx
@Komo Dragon Low blood sugar is my bet.