An American flight attendant helped land a Boeing 767 at Chicago O'Hare on Monday after the co-pilot came down with "vicious stomach flu-like symptoms," news reports said.
After the ill co-pilot left the cockpit on American Airlines (AA) Flight 1612 with 232 passengers aboard from San Francisco, the pilot paged the flight to see if any off-duty pilots were on board.
None were on board, but a flight attendant told the captain she had a pilot background and was asked to fill in as a first officer," the Associated Press said.
AA officials noted that the jumbo jet could safely fly with just one pilot, but spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan told that it's protocol to check for off-duty AA pilots on a flight if one of the pilots becomes incapacitated. If no pilots are on board, another crew member can fill in if he or she is capable of the job.
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