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Co-Pilot 'Falling Ill' Forces Air Canada Emergency Landing

The co-pilot of an Air Canada flight from Toronto to London has been placed in psychiatric care in an Irish hospital after the plane made an emergency landing Monday, say reports.

Air Canada didn't provide details, but said the flight made an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, on Monday morning local time after the co-pilot fell ill.

The Irish Independent said flight staff and a passenger who was a member of the Canadian Forces removed the co-pilot from the plane after it landed at Shannon Airport.

Officials at the Irish airport confirmed to the Irish Independent that the co-pilot was admitted to the psychiatric unit of the Ennis General Hospital.

Flight 848 was diverted after the co-pilot began "acting in a peculiar manner and was talking loudly to himself," said the report.

In a statement issued Monday night, Air Canada said proper procedures were followed "in light of the co-pilot falling ill."

Air Canada said safety was not compromised during the incident.

Shannon Airport Authority spokesperson Eugene Pratt said the flight arrived in London about eight hours later than scheduled.

"An Air Canada crew flew in here yesterday and took the aircraft on to London to complete the trip," he said.

Pratt, who called the incident "irregular," said about a dozen flights end up diverted to Shannon each year because of technical, mechanical or health problems.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/world_aircanada_copilot

[Czarjorge]

What do you expect us to draw from this article, IGTG? Are you implying that the air above Ireland makes people go insane? This is not news, the Irish have been saying that for over a thousand years.

[Big_Bird]