An off-duty pilot had to land a Boeing 757 aircraft operated by Yorkshire-based Jet2 in Porto, Portugal, after the captain fainted at the controls. Toby Melville / Reuters
An off-duty pilot had to land a Boeing 757 aircraft operated by Yorkshire-based Jet2 in Porto, Portugal, after the captain fainted at the controls. Toby Melville / Reuters

Europe

Jet2 plane makes emergency landing after captain faints in cockpit

Off-duty pilot took over for landing in Porto, Portugal

Jack Dutton

August 27, 2019