parris_k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On 31 Jan, 19:37, Ariadne <ariadne....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 4:29 am, parri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 31 Jan, 13:24, Wolfie <Wolfie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'sBoy.org> wrote:
>>>> Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' ) wrote:
>>>>> B1ackwater wrote:
>>>>>> "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )" <tributyltinpa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23434850-details/Flight+to...
>>>>>>> #begin quote
>>>>>>> The co-pilot of a Heathrow-bound plane was dragged kicking and
screaming
>>>>>> >from the cockpit after suffering a mental breakdown while in
control of
>>>>>>> the flight.
>>>>>>> He began yelling and "invoking God" as the Air Canada 767 flew at
37,000
>>>>>>> feet over the Atlantic. He was held down by other crew members and
a
>>>>>>> passenger, a member of the Canadian armed forces.
>>>>>>> The co-pilot then had restraints fastened to his wrists and ankles
and
>>>>>>> was handcuffed to a seat. The flight from Toronto made an
emergency
>>>>>>> landing in Shannon and the co-pilot, who had been crying and
screaming
>>>>>>> according to witnesses, was taken off the plane.
>>>>>>> He was taken by ambulance to a psychiatric ward where he is being
>>>>>>> treated for a suspected nervous breakdown.
>>>>>>> The 146 passengers on the overnight flight continued their journey
and
>>>>>>> got to Heathrow eight hours behind schedule after the drama on
Monday.
>>>>>>> Passenger Sean Finucane told of his shock as he witnessed the
co-pilot
>>>>>>> being carried out of the cockpit in restraints.
>>>>>>> He said today: "He was very, very distraught. He was yelling
loudly at
>>>>>>> times. When they tried to put his shoes on later he swore and he
>>>>>>> threatened people. His voice was clear so he didn't sound drunk or
>>>>>>> anything. He was swearing and was very distressed."
>>>>>>> Mr Finucane, from Lanca****re, told how the pilot kept shouting: "I
need
>>>>>>> to talk to you God."
>>>>>> RADical man ...
>>>>>> But then I guess any high-pressure profession suffers
>>>>>> from a dispro****tionate number of mental breakdowns.
>>>>>> Just hope it doesn't happen to your doctor when he's
>>>>>> transplanting a kidney or something :-)
>>>>> Al Qaeda put some LSD in his coffee.
>>>> Yeah but it sounds startlingly like that Air Egypt plane that
>>>> was piloted into the sea after leaving the US. Pilot was
>>>> also raving.
>>> Your proof for this being?
>> Proof of what? ...That it sounds similar to the Air Egypt flight where
>> the pilot went into a rave? It's self evident.
>
> Point being the feller on the Egypt Air flight WASN'T raving,
> screaming or shouting, according to available evidence. He was calm
> and in control. That leaves other possibilities open, to me at least,
> than a psychotic episode.
Listen chum, if you are totally calm and in control after
plunging the aircraft into a deathdive and switching off
the gas, that tells me you're a NUT.
--
Wolfie
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