easyJet pilot suffers mid-air anxiety attack during flight with 148
passengers
The unnamed easyJet crew member had to leave the
cockpit before arrival at Glasgow, a report by the Air Accident Investigation
Branch revealed today
The co-pilot suffered a panic attack during a
flight (Image: MEN MEDIA)
An easyJet co-pilot suffered a panic attack
while a plane was approaching a runway in Scotland after a tricky landing the
previous day.
A report released today said the crew member had to leave
the cockpit of the Airbus A319-111 on the approach to Glasgow.
There were
148 passengers and six crew onboard when it happened.
Despite the
incident, the flight landed safely.
His anxiety was triggered by a
go-around the day before at just 30 feet and his worries which built up over the
course of his duty the following day last September.
It happened on the
approach to Glasgow Airport (Image: PA)
The experienced 50-year-old
commander and his cabin crew worked together to land the plane safely and get
medical help for the co-pilot, an Air Accident Investigation Branch report
released today revealed.
The report said the day before the incident, the
two pilots had flown together from Glasgow to Palma de Mallorca and
back.
The report said:"The co-pilot was pilot flying for the Glasgow to
Palma de Mallorca sector. During the approach to Palma de Mallorca, at
approximately 30ft, a change in the wind displaced the aircraft towards the
runway edge.
The commander took control during the flare and executed a
go-around."
The next day the same pair flew from Glasgow to Stanstead
with the commander as pilot.
But on their return to Glasgow that evening
the co-pilot was flying but began to suffer with anxiety and was unable to
continue and left the cockpit.
The commander - with nearly 14,000 hours
flying experience- took control and issued an alert saying the plane only had
one pilot.
An ambulance crew said the co-pilot had suffered an anxiety
attack.
The commander said his colleague seemed 'fine' after the
go-around but on the return flight to Scotland was 'subdued' and 'seemed annoyed
with himself'.
The unnamed co-pilot, with 686 hours flying experience,
said the wind change and go-around at Palma was the first time he had
experienced that and he found it frightening.
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