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Air Canada flight diverts to Boston after captain's medical emergency
Fox News • • business
Key Points:
- An Air Canada flight from Newark to Halifax diverted to Boston's Logan Airport after the captain experienced a midair medical emergency.
- The captain was removed from the flight deck, and the first officer took sole control of the De Havilland Q400 turboprop, safely landing the plane with 61 passengers on board.
- Air Canada confirmed their pilots are trained to operate and land the aircraft safely without assistance from a second pilot.
- Massachusetts Port Authority reported the landing was incident-free, and emergency responders attended to the captain, who was taken for medical treatment in Boston.
- The specific nature of the captain's medical emergency has not been disclosed.
