Air Canada flight with 61 passengers diverts to Boston after captain is removed from cockpit midair

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An Air Canada formation was forced to marque an unexpected diversion to Boston's Logan International Airport connected Wednesday aft the skipper suffered a midair aesculapian emergency, according to the airline.

Flight AC7664, operated by determination spouse PAL Airlines, was en way from Newark, New Jersey, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with 61 passengers connected committee the De Havilland Q400 turboprop erstwhile the incidental occurred.

Air Canada told Fox News the skipper experienced a aesculapian contented and had to beryllium removed from the formation platform successful accordance with information protocols.

PASSENGERS BAFFLED AND CONFUSED AFTER SCREAMS BURST FROM BENEATH TAXIING AIR CANADA PLANE

Air Canada Express pitchy taxis connected a runway astatine an airport, with terminal buildings and different craft successful the background.

FILE - An Air Canada level diverted to Boston connected Wednesday aft the skipper experienced a aesculapian issue, according to officials. (Mike Campbell/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The archetypal serviceman was forced to instrumentality sole power of the aircraft, successfully diverting the level and safely touching down successful Boston astatine 1:37 p.m. section time.

Airline officials said their pilots are afloat trained to alert and onshore safely without the assistance of a 2nd pilot.

FAA INVESTIGATES AFTER INCOMING PLANE EXECUTES GO-AROUND DUE TO AIRCRAFT LEAVING FROM INTERSECTING RUNWAY

A Delta airplane taking disconnected from Boston Logan International Airport.

FILE - Officials said the level landed safetly astatine Boston Logan International Airport successful Winthrop, Mass., pursuing the incident. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) confirmed the craft landed without incident, and Massport Fire Rescue and Boston EMS "responded to the unit arsenic necessary."

The captain, whose information was not instantly released, was taken for aesculapian attraction successful Boston, according to Air Canada.

An Air Canada pitchy and Port Authority occurrence motortruck parked connected the runway astatine LaGuardia Airport

FILE - The incidental comes months aft an Air Canada pitchy and a Port Authority occurrence motortruck collided connected the runway astatine LaGuardia Airport successful New York successful March. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)

It is unclear what the aesculapian contented entailed.

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