by Andrew Capados at Blazemedia
A pilot collapsed in the bathroom during a commercial flight from Miami to Chile, which prompted an emergency landing in Panama City, Panama, by his co-pilots. The pilot later died.
At around 11 p.m., the pilot of a Boeing 787 allegedly collapsed from a cardiac arrest while in the bathroom after the plane took off from Miami, the New York Post reported.
The flight was bound for Santiago, Chile, on LATAM airlines but was forced to make an emergency landing in Panama with grateful passengers applauding the flight crew in videos posted online.
The situation surrounding pilot Iván Andaur, 56, was cloudy due to anonymous reports allegedly from those aboard the flight.
“Unfortunately, we did not have the necessary or sufficient supplies to perform a good resuscitation,” a nurse, only identified as Isadora, claimed on social media, according to the Sun.
“LATAM needs to improve the issue of protocol in case of health and medical emergencies like this where lives can be saved but the resources are needed,” she allegedly added…
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