From article
A British Airways pilot reportedly collapsed just before his scheduled commercial flight from Cairo, Egypt to London’s Heathrow Airport.
According to reports, the veteran pilot suffered a heart attack in the crew’s hotel.
Although colleagues performed CPR on the pilot, he tragically passed away.
The incident has allegedly shaken British Airways to the core
The pilot managed to get from his room to the foyer, where colleagues performed CPR on him.
A source told The Sun: “It has rocked BA. It doesn’t bear imagining if he had suffered a heart attack at 30,000ft.”
Airline bosses delayed the scheduled flight the captain was set to fly back to Heathrow airport last week.
Passengers were oblivious to the reason behind their wait.
The body of the pilot, who had suffered from ill health in recent months, was brought back to the UK in a Boeing 787.
The wide-body Dreamliner was flown to Egypt especially for the grim task because there was no room for the coffin in the hold of the Airbus A321 jet he had been scheduled to fly.
Dr. William Makis MD wrote in Covid Intel:
This is now the second such major incident of a pilot collapsing with a heart attack this month.
One can imagine what might have happened if the British Airways pilot had the heart attack during his flight from Egypt to London.
How many close calls is it going to take for the elephant in the room (pilots suffering COVID-19 vaccine cardiac injuries) to finally be addressed?
I fear a major airline crash is now only a matter of time.
This is an absolute nightmare. I am so sorry for the pilot’s family. What a tragedy. Will this EVER end?
Nightmare for both the pilot's family, friends, and also the passengers...
I hope the garden he left behind was worth it.
He suffered from ill health in recent months. I wonder who cleared him to fly?
There are large numbers of pilots and other flight crew that are ticking time bombs. Many are having chest pain and are not talking about it. They know they would be grounded. Duh! There is a reason why the medical criteria for pilots is set where it is - even though they have tried to BS with the EKGs. The myocarditis and clotting are disasters waiting to happen. It is only by the grace of God that we have not have a major air disaster.
Thank God his COVID shot was slightly delayed or it could have been much worse
Wanna bet all the pilots flying POS politicians and wealthy elites haven’t been jabbed. Wouldn’t have shed a tear if one or two of those flights to WEF or Climate Accords went down “Suddenly and Unexpectedly”.
This is why I’m not setting foot on a plane for quite a while.
Wondering what the cause of death? When will the clot shot pushers start hanging??
I feel like there is a fucking ticking time bomb in my family. I'm grateful nothing has happened thus far, but I know it's only a matter of time.
I'm the only one that didn't get vaxxed out of some 40 people including my extended family. Hard to deal with the worrying on top of this messed up time we are living in.
yes, it's pure insanity & I also know a ton of people who were vaccinated, and many that have died. so I don't believe some of the lower estimates we see. And I live in a red area, strange times.
Yup. Many people naively took the jab(s) because they trusted their government to keep them safe and/or believed their doctors/medical "professionals" were knowledgeable and ethical people who would not recommend or administer anything that would harm them.
His death is both a tragedy and blessing from God (in that it happened before he took flight and the lives of all those passengers would have been in his hands).
on a side note, the expense of sending a dreamliner for one coffin? how much would it have cost to charter a small, private aircraft to haul the body?
I just flew from Houston to Santiago, Chile.
They announced the flight crew.
Captain, first officer and second officer. Then they announced the attendants.
7 attendants.
10 flight crew of which, 3 can fly the plane. I felt very safe, but do not recall ever being given this reassurance on a flight.
Things have definitely changed.
I haven't flown in years. What's the usual staff setup?
Frankly, I thought you only needed two to know how to fly the plane (pilot and copilot). But that's a lot of stewardesses, though...was this a jumbo jet?
9 hour flight.
It was an United Airlines Boeing 767-300, which typically carries according to google, 269 passengers, 2 pilots and 6 attendants.
Not sure why they had 3 pilots and 7 attendants.
First class was sold out.
Maybe, a pilot can comment. I am just an air traveler.
Thanks for the info.
The most obvious conclusion is that they want extra backup in case someone keels over...God, I hope class-action lawsuits END these companies that forced this injection on us.
Just flew back from Santiago to Houston and same plane, a 767-300 and again, a Captain and first and second officer. So 3 that can fly.
No idea on attendents. They did not announce this time, but probably a lot. That first class cabin had a lot of seats and all were full.
They do know that there are co-pilots, right? He's not sitting in that cockpit all by himself.
I imagine that, as sad as his death is, the worst thing that would have happened to those on that flight would be maybe having to reroute to get him to a hospital ASAP and missing their connecting flights or getting somewhere later than expected.
Not quite the scenario they're trying to scare up.
But what if the co-pilot ate the fish?
Well, then they're proper fucked.
I am assuming you are being sarcastic because of those 70's and 80's airplane movies?
My understanding from talking to flight attendents, they do not feed the pilots the same food.
For that very real possibility.
How many airlines are pushing for there only being one pilot?
Dude, I was not aware of airlines trying to do this. I went and did a quick search when you brought it up.
That's why I love this place. I learn something new each day.
And yes, the above scenario is a huge reason why they should never get their way on that.
Scary thought. I wouod not feel comfortable on a plane without 2 pilots.
Curious. I know some planes are cat 3 capable, which is auto land system.
We had a blizzard couple of years ago in dallas and less than 10' visibility. I checked flight radar and there were planes diverting, some circling and yet, some landing.
Asked a pilot about those landing and he said cat 3.
My question maybe a pilot can answer.
If both pilots die and plane is cat 3, can air traffic control enable that system or does a pilot in the plane have to?
I would think they would need someone inside the plane.
But something as advanced as the system you're talking about, it seems that traffic control could walk someone (say, a flight attendant or passenger) through the steps.
There are/were some videos on YouTube way back when, that shows some people being talked through landing little Cessna type planes that have lost power or had engine fires, and the pilots (typically people who haven't had their pilots licenses long and don't know what to do) were talked through landing safely by traffic control.
Those TC people are some cool cats. Super calm, knew exactly how to calm down the pilots, made the steps to land safely so easy my dumb ass probably could have been talked through landing safely.
Great reply. Thanks.
He suffered fron ill health in recent months!! Why was he flying then?😠
BIG THANKS for the link AND THE COMMENTS....am soooooo sharing on other media...
I would advise people to stay away from flying.
BA flights out of Heathrow last week were a nightmare. Many delays and cancellations apparently due to bad weather and planes not being in the right place.