Air Canada Flight AC7664 Diverts to Boston With 61 Aboard After Captain Suffers Medical Emergency
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Updated · Live and Let's Fly · Jun 27
Air Canada Flight AC7664 Diverts to Boston With 61 Aboard After Captain Suffers Medical Emergency
3 articles · Updated · Live and Let's Fly · Jun 27
Summary
Boston Logan received AC7664 around 2 p.m. after the captain became incapacitated shortly after leaving Newark, forcing the first officer to take over and land the Dash 8-400 safely.
Air Canada said the captain was removed from the flight deck under safety protocols, while Massachusetts State Police said the airport was alerted just before 1:40 p.m. that the co-pilot was flying the aircraft.
Passenger Rodney McDonald said the plane swerved violently before flight attendants pulled the pilot from the cockpit, and he joined about four others in restraining the captain for roughly 40 minutes.
Massachusetts General Hospital took the captain for treatment after landing, and the flight later resumed from Boston about 7:30 p.m., reaching Halifax safely that evening.