Flight attendant helps land airplane after pilot has mental breakdown

A flight attendant help land an Air Canada 767 after the co-pliot had to be restrained following a mental breakdown on route to Heathrow airport.

The co-pilot began rambling incoherently and became belligerent forcing the flight crew to forcibly restrain him.

One passenger reported he was yelling for God as his fellow crew members were holding him down.

A flight attendant reported suffering an injured wrist in the confrontation with the co-pilot.

Two doctors who were on the flight reported his condition as being confused and disoriented.

He was taken to a regional hospital were he underwent psychiatric care for 11 days.

The flight attendant who answered a call from the pilot for anyone with any flight training.

She held a commercial pilots license and took over the co-pliot’s duties helping to safely land the plane with 146 passengers.

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