Sick pilot forces Paris-Norway flight return
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Published: 31 Dec, 2014 CET.
Updated: Wed 31 Dec 2014 07:01 CET
An Air France plane flying from Paris to the Norwegian city of Stavanger had to turn back mid-way Tuesday after the captain fell ill, an airport source said.
Flight AF1746 landed at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport at 8:10 pm, 37 minutes after take-off, an Air France spokeswoman said.
"There was a medical emergency on board and the crew decided to return to Paris," she said.
"The captain felt a pain in his thorax and preferred not to continue the flight. The plane returned to Paris and the co-pilot handled the landing," an airport source added.
The source said the captain was attended to by medics immediately on arrival.
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Flight AF1746 landed at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport at 8:10 pm, 37 minutes after take-off, an Air France spokeswoman said.
"There was a medical emergency on board and the crew decided to return to Paris," she said.
"The captain felt a pain in his thorax and preferred not to continue the flight. The plane returned to Paris and the co-pilot handled the landing," an airport source added.
The source said the captain was attended to by medics immediately on arrival.
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