Qantas flight is forced to make priority landing in Sydney after concerning incident in the cockpit
A Qantas co-pilot has been forced to make a priority landing after the captain experienced chest pains during the flight into Sydney.
The first officer of Qantas flight QF505, which was on route from Brisbane to Sydney, requested a priority landing at Sydney Airport on Monday morning.
The plane’s captain experienced chest pains while several hundred kilometres north of Sydney, shortly after the flight departed at 6.20am.
The plane was put into a holding pattern as the co-pilot took over the controls and notified air traffic control of the medical emergency.
While the plane was in a holding pattern, the pilot told crew members to bring the defibrillators into the cockpit.
The co-pilot then took over the controls and notified air traffic control of the medical emergency, requesting an expedited landing with ‘possible assistance needed’.
A Qantas plane has made a priority landing after its captain suffered chest pains during a flight from Brisbane to Sydney
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