KLM Pilot Suffers Heart Attack While Taxiing For Takeoff | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-12.01.25

AirborneNextGen-
12.02.25

Airborne-Unlimited-12.03.25

Airborne-FltTraining-12.04.25

AirborneUnlimited-12.05.25

AFE 2025 LIVE MOSAIC Town Hall (Archived): www.airborne-live.net

Wed, Dec 07, 2016

KLM Pilot Suffers Heart Attack While Taxiing For Takeoff

Was Preparing For Departure From Glasgow To Amsterdam

The pilot of a KLM airliner with 128 people on board suffered a heart attack while taxiing out for departure from Glasgow Airport late last week.

The BBC reports that the captain of the flight was resuscitated by the crew with the help of a passenger. The copilot of the plane taxied back to the gate, where the passengers were deplaned.

The pilot was taken to Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, where he was listed in stable condition, according to the report.

The flight was supposed to depart Glasgow for Amsterdam in the Netherlands at 1700 local time. But because of the medical emergency, the flight was cancelled and the passengers were rebooked on other flights.

In a statement, the airline said "During taxiing to the runway on this KLM flight to Amsterdam the captain became unwell and the staff treated him with the help of a passenger. He was taken to hospital where his condition is stable."

(Image from file)

FMI: www.klm.com

 


Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.04.25): Cooperative Surveillance

Cooperative Surveillance Any surveillance system, such as secondary surveillance radar (SSR), wide-area multilateration (WAM), or ADS-B, that is dependent upon the presence of cert>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.04.25)

Aero Linx: OX5 Aviation Pioneers Incorporated in 1955 as a Pa 501 (c)(3) Not for Profit Corporation, the OX5 Aviation Pioneers is dedicated to bringing before the public the accomp>[...]

NTSB Prelim: Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/SC

The Pilot Appeared To Regain Control After Six Rotations And Attempted To “Fly Out” Inverted But Had Insufficient Altitude On November 8, 2025, at 1038 eastern standard>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: The Bally Bomber - The All Time Ultimate Warbird Replica?

From 2018 (YouTube Edition): Aero-News Talks With The Airplane's Builder One of the many unique airplanes at AirVenture 2018 was a 1/3-scale B-17 bomber built by Jack Bally, who ta>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.05.25)

Aero Linx: Society of U.S. Army Flight Surgeons (SoUSAFS) The Society of US Army Flight Surgeons (SoUSAFS) serves to advance the science and art of Aerospace Medicine and its allie>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC