What if both pilots have a medical problem onboard?

Question

What if both pilots have a medical problem onboard? who would take over the plane and land it?

Answer 1

Commercial pilots have to have 2 comprehensive medical exams per year if they're over 40, and 1 per year if under 40 (in Canada anyway).

It's unlikely you'd have 2 pilots both get so sick that they can't control the plane.

In the event though, there's probably some form of pilot onboard, or at least a flight attendant who is a little familiar with aviation.

They can just let someone on the radio tell them what to do.

It's complicated to fly properly, but most people should be able to follow basic instructions to at least get the plane down somewhat safely.

Or everyone could just panic and die.

Answer 2

me.

on a more serious note, there is probably another pilot on board that can get the plane in - more of an 'executive decision' thing than 'airplane' although the manual inflation of the autopilot was pretty funny.

if you are a non-pilot, you'd be able to fly, but you ain't gunna be able to land!  oh, the really big planes have an autoland feature, so i guess you could just press the button and hope for the best!

Answer 3

This was on myth busters where they had to try to land a plane with Zero flight time and they both crashed. so then they both tried again but this time with the help of Air traffic control (ATC) and they both made it down safely

Note: they were both on simulators

Answer 4

nose dive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

The passengers should strap in and execute a mass ejection.  The seats double as a parachute, that button on your arm rest that never seems to do anything is the ejection button, only activated by a flight attendant during a double pilot incapacitation.  I found this out by accident when I actually paid attention to the preflight briefing the flight attendants do.  That day i was late and didn't have time to grab a magazine.

Answer 6

Most of the women on board could fly & land it, it doesn't have a reverse as fare as i know

Answer 7

This was tested on Myth Busters.  Adam & Jaime have no flight training and crashed horribly when let loose in a simulator.  The biggest problem is that they couldn't read the new glass instruments.  But, when they made radio contact with a pilot, they were able to land the plane.  Not pretty, but they would have lived.  I'm sure there are licensed pilots on most flights as passengers.  Even someone with a private pilot's license could land the plane with little or no damage.

Answer 8

I asked my chief pilot an ex DC-9 pilot what he thought the odds of Sunday pilot landing a transport category aircraft without drama was. He was pretty sure that they would stall it in when they put down full flaps, due to the fact you have come up on the power so much due to the drag.

If both pilots got sick they would have to be passed out to not be useful, they are gonna fly it till they cant. Puking is not gonna make them jump up and say " I cant do this ". To have both of them sick can happen but chances are you would never ever know. Cause they will NOT give up, they don't want to let anyone else land either cause they want to live...

Answer 9

didn't u see airplane movie?  if stewardess cant fly theres an inflatable pilot..