{"id":2886,"date":"2026-06-24T22:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:38:02","slug":"air-canada-flight-forced-to-divert-to-boston-airport-after-pilot-becomes-incapacitated-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2886","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada flight forced to divert to Boston airport after pilot becomes incapacitated: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A plane made an emergency landing at Boston Logan International Airport Wednesday after the captain suffered a medical episode and was removed from the cockpit, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2884\">Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries shrug off Mamdani\u2019s NYC socialist sweep \u2014 as \u2018normie\u2019 Dems erupt over \u2018wackjob\u2019 invasion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scary situation unfolded on an Air Canada flight 7664 out of Newark, New Jersey, forcing the first officer to take control and divert the plane at 1:37 p.m. \u2014 just an hour after take off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the flight, the captain experienced a medical issue and was removed from the flight deck as per safety protocols,\u201d Air Canada told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first officer took control of the aircraft and diverted the flight to Boston, where it landed safely,\u201d the company added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plane \u2014 a de Havilland Dash 8-400 \u2014 successfully landed at around 2 p.m., with ambulances swarming the runway and bringing a stretcher to the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot was brought from the plane to the ambulance within minutes of touchdown, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Massachusetts State Police and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed\u00a0that a crew member had experienced a medical emergency, forcing the flight to divert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2882\">Meet Melvin Ajinca, the 21-year-old Euro stash Knicks got in massive draft trade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir Canada Flight 7664 landed safely at Boston Logan International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 24, after the crew reported a pilot medical emergency,\u201d the FAA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Images from local outlets showed Massport Fire Rescue and Boston EMS crews surrounding the plane on the runway before it was towed to a gate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boston EMS officials said that the pilot was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The twin-turboprop PAL Airlines flight \u2014 operated by Air Canada \u2014 was traveling from Newark Liberty International Airport to the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, in Nova Scotia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were 61 customers aboard the plane during the time of the incident, Air Canada added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2880\">Exclusive | Joey Chestnut made stunning five-word admission to cops after bar fight caught on video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No further details were provided on the pilot\u2019s condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the Boston Logan International Airport on Wednesday after one of the pilots became incapacitated during the Canada-bound flight, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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