Czech Airlines pilot dies, plane lands safely
The Czech Republic's flagship air carrier Czech
Airlines said Wednesday the captain of a plane flying from Warsaw to Prague had
died after suffering health problems during the flight.
"Medical
assistance was called to attend the landing of a regular flight from Warsaw to
Prague today as one crew member had health problems," Czech Airlines
spokeswoman Hana Hejskova told AFP in a statement.
"Unfortunately, they could not save the captain's life," she
said, adding passengers were not in any danger as the second pilot landed
safely.
Peter Zmolik, head of the Czech Pilots Association, told AFP the
"very experienced" pilot who had joined Czech Airlines almost 20
years ago had "probably died during the flight" on the ATR
turbo-propeller plane.
Czech broadsheet daily DNES said on its website the pilot was 55 years
old.
The state-run Czech Airlines (CSA), which has a fleet of 38 planes, is a
member of the SkyTeam alliance together with Delta Air Lines, Air France,
Russia's Aeroflot or Korean Air.
Agence France Presse
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