AN easyJet holiday plane packed with Brits had to make an emergency landing today after the captain lost consciousness.
The co-pilot “activated emergency procedures” when his colleague fell ill on a flight from Gatwick to Heraklion in Crete.
Flight 5461 was diverted to Marco Polo airport near Venice, Italy, where it made a safe landing and the passengers were unloaded.
The captain was was taken to hospital where his condition is reported to be in non-life threatening.
The drama came four days after the captain of an American Airlines flight died at the controls during a flight from Phoenix to Boston.
It was safely landed by the co-pilot.
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