A plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the Boston Logan International Airport on Wednesday after one of the pilots became incapacitated during the Canada-bound flight, officials said.
The Air Canada flight 7664 out of Newark, New Jersey, was forced to divert just an hour after take off at 1:40 p.m., CBS News reported.
The plane — a de Havilland Dash 8-400 — successfully landed at around 2 p.m., with ambulances driving onto the runway and bringing a stretcher to the cockpit.
A person was reportedly brought from the plane to the ambulance within minutes of touchdown.
“A crew member was reported to having a medical emergency and aircraft was being flown by the co-pilot,” Massachusetts State Police told CBS News.
Boston EMS told the outlet that the pilot was rushed to Mass General Hospital.
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