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Title: Plane needs assitance
Post by: KCbook05 on April 17, 2005, 08:42:51 PM

i was listening to KDTW Detroit Metro, when a plane called in reporting a passenger that was having troulble breathing and chest pains.. and requested emergency services to respond to the terminal when approached.

Sunday, April 17 , 8:42 ( 2042)

Title: Re: Plane needs assitance
Post by: Jason on April 18, 2005, 07:27:31 AM

Quote from: KCbook05

i was listening to KDTW Detroit Metro, when a plane called in reporting a passenger that was having troulble breathing and chest pains.. and requested emergency services to respond to the terminal when approached.

Sunday, April 17 , 8:42 ( 2042)

This is quite a regular occurance.  If you ever see the Sporty's Instrument Rating Course, first DVD, (Instrument Flying Fundamentals) the intro IFR flight has an airline with a medical emergency and shows how ATC vectored him to a runway more accessable for it.

Neat stuff,

Jason