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Thu 11 Nov 2008Pilot sought help of passengers to land jet
A CAPTAIN of an Air Canada transatlantic flight sought the assistance of any passengers with flying experience to help him land the jet in an emergency diversion to Shannon airport last January.
According to an investigation by the Department of Transport's Air Accident Investigation Unit, the captain sought the assistance after his co-pilot had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit by flight attendants when the captain ruled he was in no fit condition to continue at the controls.
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