Another Conspiracy Theory Comes True: Pilot Dies in Flight
It's still normal, right?
“Pilot dies in bathroom on Miami flight carrying 271 passengers”(Independent, 2023.08.16):
An airline pilot died after collapsing in the bathroom of a Miami to Chile flight with 271 passengers aboard.
Captain Ivan Andaur began feeling unwell three hours into the LATAM Airlines flight from Florida to Santiago and after collapsing in the bathroom he received emergency treatment from the crew, reported Simple Flying.
The flight took thirty minutes to divert to Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport and first responders declared Andaur, a 25-year veteran pilot, dead when the plane landed.
The LA505 flight, which was operating a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, left Miami at 10.11pm on Monday 14 August and also had a relief captain and first officer onboard when the incident took place.
Just what I [baselessly?] fretted about in my post “"Pilot Suddenly Collapses in Airport’s Atrium"“ back in April:
"Pilot Suddenly Collapses in Airport’s Atrium"
I was starting to doubt my instincts. This piece of news came as a saving grace: “Richmond TSA officers help save pilot's life at the airport”(Richmond.com, 2023.04.24): Officers Trenard Collier and Nigel Allen noticed a pilot suddenly collapse in the airport’s atrium on April 11.
The big question on everyone’s mind is: how did Climate Change got Ivan in the airplane’s bathroom 30,000 feet up in the air?
In other news of the day: “Pilot who operated SpiceJet first flight dies on Delhi-Doha flight” (Times of India, 2023.08.16)
P.S. 2023.09.28. More cases recently reported here:
Pilot incapacitations & deaths in Aug-Sep 2023
Sep.24, 2023 - Austrian Airlines Flight OS-188 (STR-VIE) Stuttgart to Vienna The captain became incapacitated, first officer took control of aircraft
Sep.23, 2023 - Alaska Airlines Pilot - 37 year old Captain Eric McRae died suddenly in his hotel room during layover, was to fly that morning
Aug.27, 2023 - Air Canada Flight AC348 (YVR-YOW) Vancouver to Ottawa, one of the pilots felt ill and became incapacitated 50 min before landing in Ottawa.
Aug.17, 2023 - IndiGo Flight (NAG-PNQ) Nagpur to Pune, India, pilot 40 year old Manoj Subramanium died after collapsing at the boarding gate, about to board.
Aug.16, 2023 - Qatar Airways Flight QR579 (DEL-DOH) Delhi to Doha, Qatar, 51 year old pilot collapsed as a passenger inflight and died, plane diverted to Dubai.
Aug.14, 2023 - LATAM Flight LA505 (MIA-SCL) Miami to Santiago, Chile - 2 hours into 8hr flight, 56 year old Captain Ivan Andaur collapsed and died in the lavatory - plane diverted to Panama City!
Aug.9, 2023 - United Airlines UAL1309 (SRQ-EWR) Sarasota to Newark, pilot had a heart attack and lost consciousness in flight
Aug.7, 2023 - TigerAIR Flight IT237 (CTS-TPE) Sapporo to Taipei, copilot had a medical emergency after landing plane in Taipei
I hate re-using my jokes from another comment section, buuuuuuuuuuuuut:
Everybody knows climate change is more intense at 30,000 feet.
qatar had another pilot death on a flight from Deli to Doha.