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Passengers of the American liner just before the New Year experienced a thrill when it turned out that the pilot of their plane had a heart attack. The incident occurred on December 30 2013 aboard United Airlines route from Iowa to Colorado. Passengers who flew a total of 20 minutes, we heard on the speakerphone the question is whether there are people on board with medical education. Linda Elvis responded to the request, California nurse. She was taken to the cabin, where the woman saw the first pilot lying in the seat and not responding to what is happening around. The nurse determined that the pilot suffered a heart attack. With the help of another passenger, who turned out to be a colleague of L. Elvis, a woman began to provide medical assistance to the victim. At this moment by The speaker again raised a question that made everyone turn gray from of horror: “Are there people on board who can control an airplane?” Then L. Elvis turned to the co-pilot, who took over aircraft control: “Do you know how to land a plane?” She answered in the affirmative. In the end, everything went well – the plane made an emergency landing at Omaha airport (state Nebraska). The captain of the liner, who survived a heart attack, survived and was delivered to a local clinic.
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