A PILOT fainted mid-flight forcing the packed 747 he was flying to turn around while stewards tried to revive the captain.

The 747-8i, Boeing’s largest version of the popular ... The incident, known as a baulked landing, was streamed on Airline Videos Live and later posted on YouTube and social media.

After the initial touch-and-go landing, the Boeing 747 circled back and was able to land smoothly on the second try. The Federal Aviation Administration says the incident was pilot initiated.

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flight from Miami to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain became ...

A Lufthansa Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing when its captain fainted shortly after takeoff from ...

“The 747—even at that large of a mass—is very ... “We lost a windshield piece to a bird strike over Pakistan and made an emergency landing in Karachi, which was an outstation at the ...

The aircraft was also popular with pilots - many of whom said the sight of the 747 landing at a hometown airport inspired them to train for the job. Foot heaters in the flightdeck was one of the ...

TASS/. A Boeing 747 cargo plane belonging to Cargolux that was heading from Belgium’s Liege to Qingdao in China, has made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk’s Tolmachevo airport, the airport ...

Control of the Boeing 747-8 was given to the plane's co-pilot ... The flight made an unscheduled landing at Montreal in Canada - more than 1,500 miles away from where it was supposed to land.

A Lufthansa Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing when its captain fainted shortly after takeoff from Miami. Flight LH463, bound for Frankfurt, was diverted to Montreal when the pilot ...

A Lufthansa Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain fainted shortly after takeoff from Miami. Flight LH463, bound for Frankfurt, was diverted to Montreal when the pilot ...