Mid-air scare after pilot dies

A CZECH Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Prague yesterday after the captain collapsed and died mid-flight.

The ATR 42 twin-engine propeller aircraft on a regular flight from Warsaw to Prague with 46 passengers on board, landed at Ruzyne Airport under the control of the co-pilot and no-one was injured.

“Safety of passengers was not threatened. The landing was conducted without complications by the second pilot,” the airline said in a statement.

“Unfortunately the life of the captain could not be saved.”

Czech Airlines is the state-owned Czech national carrier.