A PILOT aboard an overnight American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Boston reportedly died yesterday on the red-eye flight.
In audio posted online of the emergency call to air traffic control, the co-pilot can be heard describing what has happened: “Medical emergency. Pilot is incapacitated.”
The flight was diverted to Syracuse where it landed safely at 7:11 a.m. with 147 passengers on-board. The co-pilot is heard asking air traffic control: “Do you have a way to get into the cockpit expeditiously?”
