Pilot suffers heart attack on Scottish runway
KLM captain resuscitated by crew members and passenger after becoming unwell while preparing for takeoff
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A KLM Royal Dutch airplane (Wikimedia commons/ Arpingstone/ Public Domain)
LONDON — Dutch airline KLM said Saturday one of its pilots suffered a heart attack while taxiing to the runway at Glasgow Airport in Scotland for a flight to Amsterdam.
The airline said in a statement that the crew of the aircraft and a passenger resuscitated the captain. He was taken to a hospital.
The co-pilot brought the plane back to the gate, where ambulance crews met the plane Friday evening. The flight was canceled and passengers were rebooked.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.
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