Pilot thought instructor who died inflight was ‘just pretending’

A flying instructor died inflight after suffering a cardiac arrest, but his co-pilot thought he was fooling around and only realized after landing on the runway with the man slumped on his shoulder.

According to a newly published safety report on the incident, the pilot thought the instructor was pretending to be asleep as the pair flew a circuit above near Blackpool Airport in Lancashire, England, on June 29, 2022.

The qualified pilot had asked the instructor to accompany him aboard the four-person Piper PA-28 for safety reasons during windy conditions, according to the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch report.

Prior to takeoff, the pair chatted normally while the pilot taxied the craft out to the runway, the pilot told the AAIB. He said that the instructor’s last words were, “Looks good, there is nothing behind you.”

Shortly after takeoff, the instructor’s head rolled back. As the two pilots knew each other well, the co-pilot thought his companion was “just pretending to take a nap” while he completed the circuit, the report said. When the plane turned around, the instructor slumped over so that his head rested on the co-pilot’s shoulder, but again the pilot still thought a joke was being played on him.

After landing safely with the instructor still resting on his shoulder and not responding, the pilot realized something was wrong and alerted airport emergency services who were unable to revive the instructor.

The instructor, who had close to 9,000 hours of flying experience, was said to be in good spirits before his final flight.

“People who had spoken to him on the morning of the incident said he was his normal cheerful self and there were no indications that he was feeling unwell,” the AAIB report said. “The three people who had flown with him for the trial lesson just prior to the incident flight said he seemed well and nothing abnormal had occurred.”

The medical department of the UK Civil Aviation Authority reviewed the incident and the instructor’s medical history and concluded that, “From the evidence provided, it is likely the individual suffered a cardiac arrest as the aircraft took off.” He was known to suffer from high blood pressure, but it was within regulatory limits.

The AAIB’s report concludes that, while on this occasion the instructor’s co-pilot was qualified and was able to land the plane safely, the outcome could have been very different.

“No tests or assessment can give a 100% reliable detection of cardiac issues” and “a balance needs to be struck between minimizing the risk to flight safety and providing fair and reasonable medical assessment of individuals,” says the AAIB. “The rarity of accidents cause by cardiac events in flight suggests this balance is currently about right.”
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Twas the vax I dare say, the vax. Pilots have to be vaccinated, random deaths are on the rise. I'm hereby taking this article from CNN, a pro-vax New World Order Democrat Liberal evil media outlet and laying it bare upon you.

What if he was flying an airliner with a bunch of travelers on it? More deaths from the vax. Ah, now we see the insidious plot.

What percentage of the world humans is vaccinated again? I have to google it.

More than 5.54 billion people worldwide have received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, equal to about 72.2 percent of the world population. This map shows the stark gap between vaccination programs in different countries.
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Hot damn. 72.2% of the world is vaccinated. This one bloke dies on this flight but the guy he was training learned enough to land the plane.

If this thing is half of a can of generic worms on manager's clearance, this many years in from the innoculation of the masses, all hell is about to break loose. I hope you're ready because I am. I didn't take the vaccine. Why? I work with the public, I was even taking public transportation at the time for work but, I didn't feel threatened despite the media. They were doom porning, but even if not, I was of the opinion that if I get it, I'll fight it off. I'm not overweight, old, diabetic etcetera. I guess I'm middle aged, a smoker and a drinker, but I felt healthy anyways.

Last note: Thank God that mandate from the administration that if you work with the public you had to get the vaccine was struck down by the Supreme Court. They did good on that, no bs.

I actually don't believe the government numbers of total vaxxt. I think it's over inflated to make everyone think theyre outcasts for not getting one. No one I know who is unvaxxt wishes they got one. Many who have been are starting to question the strange health issues they have like heart palpitations and miscarriages. It's a total disaster and couldn't have possibly been by accident.

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Apparently, the American military is under such pressure to treat the vaccine injured they are not requesting the mandate on the people who held out for exemptions.They are just forgetting about it.In one case the injured needed a new heart, but apparently, they don't have the insurance to get this procedure done, so if you need a new heart after the vax good luck. Yes, it's anecdotal.

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Apparently, the American military is under such pressure to treat the vaccine injured they are not requesting the mandate on the people who held out for exemptions.They are just forgetting about it.In one case the injured needed a new heart, but apparently, they don't have the insurance to get this procedure done, so if you need a new heart after the vax good luck. Yes, it's anecdotal.

The military has been destroyed without a single shot fired.