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malaise

(269,200 posts)
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 03:50 AM Mar 2012

Wow - Jet Blue pilot suffers from a mental breakdown in flight

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2012-03-27/JetBlue-captain-subdued-after-erratic-behavior-on-flight/53811070/1
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It was an extraordinarily rare incident in the air — and a frightening one for passengers: A JetBlue captain was locked out of the cockpit and wrestled to the floor by passengers after screaming about a bomb during a flight from New York to Las Vegas.

JetBlue said that the captain of Flight 191, which was diverted to Texas on Tuesday morning, had a "medical situation" and that an off-duty captain traveling on the flight entered the cockpit before the landing "and took over the duties of the ill crewmember once on the ground" in Amarillo.

Tony Antolino, a security executive from Rye, N.Y., realized something was wrong on the flight when the captain left the cockpit and starting walking erratically through the cabin, drinking water and becoming agitated.

Antolino, 40, says he and several other passengers realized they needed to subdue him after the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit. The captain started yelling about Iraq and Afghanistan, then told passengers to start reciting the Lord's prayer.
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Have to wonder if he's ex-military and one more victim of the wars. Still all these low fare airlines probably pay no attention to the health or well-being of staff.
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Wow - Jet Blue pilot suffers from a mental breakdown in flight (Original Post) malaise Mar 2012 OP
Well, we can thank 9/11 for one thing... Owlet Mar 2012 #1
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