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Date: | Monday 14 June 2010 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 767 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 232 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | 1 hour out of SFO -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Destination airport: | Chicago O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Co-pilot bacame ill and vomited. No available pilots on the flight so 61 yo stewardess Patti DeLuna took his seat and helped the pilot with the controls and instruments. She had a 30 yo outdated licence on Cessnas.
Sources:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/2010/06/18/stewardess-helps-land-american-airlines-plane-115875-22341666/_?service=responsive http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/2010/06/hero-flight-attendant-lands-american-airlines-jet/
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/15/flight.attendant.landing/index.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2010 12:38 |
wanderer |
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