A pilot collapsed in the toilet on a flight from Miami to Chile with 271 passengers and died.
Captain Ivan Andaul felt sick three hours after a LATAM flight from Florida to Santiago and was given first aid by a flight attendant after collapsing in the toilet. report simple flight.
The plane took 30 minutes before being diverted to Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport, and emergency responders declared the 25-year veteran pilot dead when the plane landed.
Flight LA505, operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, departed Miami at 10:11 p.m. on Monday, August 14, with a rescue captain and co-pilot on board when the incident occurred.
“Yesterday’s Miami-Santiago flight LA505 was forced to land at Panama’s Tocumen International Airport due to a medical emergency affecting one of its three command crew members, LATAM Airlines Group reports. Emergency services provided life-saving assistance when the plane landed, but the pilot sadly passed away,” the airline said in a statement.
“We are deeply touched by this incident and our heartfelt condolences to the family of the employee. During the flight, all necessary safety procedures were implemented to save the lives of the injured pilots.”
After the incident, the flight departed Panama City on Tuesday and flew to Chile.
by new york postCaptain Andaul was 56 years old.
In March Southwest Airlines plane forced to turn back Shortly after departing for Columbus, Ohio, one of the pilots became ill and arrived at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
An off-duty pilot from another airline boarded the flight as a passenger and assisted in radio communications on the way back to Nevada City.
In the United States, airline pilots are required to have a medical certificate, which must be renewed annually for those under 40 and semi-annually for those over 40.