First officer dies in-flight

[cocaine]

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Co-pilot dies during plane flight

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44448000/jpg/_44448693_death_plane203.jpg The plane was diverted after the co-pilot collapsed and died

A holiday flight from Manchester to Cyprus was forced to divert to Turkey after the co-pilot collapsed and died during the journey. The GB Airways Airbus A320, with 156 passengers on board, was bound for Paphos but diverted to Istanbul on Sunday afternoon.
Passengers spent the night in Istanbul and are to be flown to Cyprus later.
An airline spokeswoman said that at no time was the plane, passengers or crew in any danger.
'Medical emergency'
"GB Airways confirms that yesterday's flight BA 6826 from Manchester to Paphos diverted to Istanbul due to a medical emergency on the flight deck," the spokeswoman said.
"On landing, it was confirmed that the first officer (co-pilot) had died during the flight. At no time was the aircraft, passengers or crew in any danger.
"The first officer's next of kin have been informed and our thoughts and condolences are with his wife and family following this tragic news."


very sad :( RIP

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7262380.stm

[Muniflex]

Blimey.

More trouble for BA.

[e5]

:O poor man! How did it happen? Heart Attack?

[Yitz]

Omg.. What a sad way to end his life...

My thoughts are with his family. :(

[Muniflex]

Atleast eh dieds doing what he loved?

[Yitz]

Exactlly.. even tho the pain i would be in, I think if i was in his postion i would of liked to die of what i loved to do ;l

In which he wasnst meant to die.. as you said he died of what he liked!

<3

[Corporal]

aye i heard about this last night.
RIP

[---MAD---]

Wow, what are the chances :O.

This is one reson why planes have 2 pilots. If it wasn't the case, those passengers could have all died unless auto pilot was on.

[Dan2nd]

Wow, what are the chances :O.

This is one reson why planes have 2 pilots. If it wasn't the case, those passengers could have all died unless auto pilot was on.

but can Auto Pilot land the plane?

[cocaine]

but can Auto Pilot land the plane?

yup but you need someone with knowledge on how to set it to do that :P

[Dan2nd]

yup but you need someone with knowledge on how to set it to do that :P

Lol just call air traffic control ;)

[cocaine]

Lol just call air traffic control ;)

i guess so but they'd need to do a huge amount of explaining and stuff to you haha

[---MAD---]

but can Auto Pilot land the plane?
Autopilot can do everything ;). That doesn't mean we don't need pilots - far from that.

[xxMATTGxx]

Such a shame, R.I.P

[Orangez.]

Awww thats such a shame :( R.I.P

[Yoshimitsui]

Wow, any news as to what happend?

RIP.

[Slowpoke]

RIP. scary way to die :(!

[Corporal]

His name was Michael Warren.
He was a retired RAF sqn ldr

[Misawa]

Yeah, AutoLand is the AutoPilot feature that allows you to land an aircraft. AutoPilot is very comprehensive, but you cannot take off using it.

[jesus]

That's sad to hear. Thank God nothing happened to the other pilot though!

[Muniflex]

Sorry but i couldn't be bothered reading the whole thing.

What did he die of? I asked before but nobody replied.
Im guessing it was soemthing like a stroke or hear attack? Not being shot or anything.......

[cocaine]

Sorry but i couldn't be bothered reading the whole thing.

What did he die of? I asked before but nobody replied.
Im guessing it was soemthing like a stroke or hear attack? Not being shot or anything.......

it just says he collapsed and died

[Muniflex]

it just says he collapsed and died

Oh, so heart attack then? Or something along those lines...

[cocaine]

Oh, so heart attack then? Or something along those lines...

yup thats what they think anyway

[Judge Judy]

RIP To the Officer.

This may be a bad question, but if he died in the plane, which country would be the Place Of Death, would it be the country they were flying over / country of plane etc?

[Jordy]

RIP To the Officer.

This may be a bad question, but if he died in the plane, which country would be the Place Of Death, would it be the country they were flying over / country of plane etc?That's a really good question to be honest. If he was in international air-space which most of the Mediterranean sea is then I'm really stumped. He could well of died in international air-space as well, cause he was pronounced dead on arrival by the Turkish authorities.

+rep for the question