I think I know...lol... but I'm sure we have posters who will tell us it's all in our imaginations and that every experimental drug they injected into themselves was totally safe...
Sep. 24, 2023 Austrian Airlines Flight OS-188 (STR-VIE) Stuttgart to Vienna The captain became incapacitated, and the first officer took control of the aircraft.
Sep. 23, 2023 Alaska Airlines Pilot 37-year-old Captain Eric McRae died suddenly in his hotel room during a layover, was to fly that morning.
Sep. 22, 2023 Delta Flight DL-291 (CDG-LAX) Paris to Los Angeles The pilot became incapacitated, and was taken to the cabin for care, the plane diverted to Minneapolis, pilot was taken to the hospital.
Aug. 27, 2023 Air Canada Flight AC348 (YVR-YOW) Vancouver to Ottawa One of the pilots felt ill and became incapacitated 50 min before landing in Ottawa.
Aug. 17, 2023 IndiGo Flight (NAG-PNQ) Nagpur to Pune, India -The 40-year-old pilot Manoj Subramanium died after collapsing at the boarding gate, about to board.
Aug. 16, 2023 Qatar Airways Flight QR579 (DEL-DOH) Delhi to Doha, Qatar The 51-year-old pilot collapsed as a passenger inflight and died, the plane diverted to Dubai.
Aug. 14, 2023 LATAM Flight LA505 (MIA-SCL) Miami to Santiago, Chile 2 hours into the 8-hour flight, 56-year-old Captain Ivan Andaur collapsed and died in the lavatory plane diverted to Panama City.
Aug. 9, 2023 United Airlines UAL1309 (SRQ-EWR) Sarasota to Newark The pilot had a heart attack and lost consciousness in flight.
Aug. 7, 2023 TigerAIR Flight IT237 (CTS-TPE) Sapporo to Taipei The copilot had a medical emergency after landing the plane in Taipei.
Pilot Incapacitations and Deaths (on Duty) Jan-July 2023:
July 19, 2023 Eurowings Discover Flight 4Y-1205 (HER-FRA) Heraklion to Frankfurt The pilot became incapacitated, the first officer took control, and landed safely.
July 16, 2023 A small plane a 2006 Piper Meridian, flying from Westchester NY crashed at Marthas Vineyard Airport after the pilot had a medical emergency upon final approach and a passenger took control of the plane and attempted a landing. The pilot, 79-year-old Randolph Bonnist, died later in hospital.
June 7, 2023 Air Canada Flight ACA692 (YYZ-YYT) Toronto to St.Johns First Officer became incapacitated, deadheading Captain assumed duties.
June 4, 2023 Small plane Cessna Citation N611VG flying from Tennessee to Long Island Fighter jets spotted the pilot slumped over in the cockpit unconscious, the plane crashed and all onboard died.
May 11, 2023 HiSKy Flight H4474 (DUB-KIV) Dublin to Chisinau (Moldova) 20 min after liftoff pilot became unable to act, the plane was diverted to Manchester
May 4, 2023 British Charter TUI Airways Flight BY-1424 (NCL-LPA) Newcastle to Las Palmas, Spain The pilot became ill, and the plane diverted back to NCL.
May 3, 2023 Air Transat and Air Canada Pilot Eddy Vorperian, age 48, died suddenly during a layover in Croatia.
April 21, 2023 Easyjet Flight U2-6469 (LGW-AGA) London Gatwick to Agadir, Morocco The first officer became incapacitated, and the plane was diverted to Faro, Portugal.
April 4, 2023 United Airlines Flight 2102 (BOI-SFO) The captain was incapacitated, and the first officer was the only one in control of the aircraft.
March 25, 2023 TAROM Flight RO-7673 TSR-HRG diverted to Bucharest as 30 yo pilot had chest pain, and then collapsed.
March 22, 2023 Southwest Flight WN6013 LAS-CMH diverted as the pilot collapsed shortly after take-off and was replaced by a non-Southwest pilot.
March 18, 2023 Air Transat Flight TS739 FDF-YULs first officer was incapacitated about 200NM south of Montreal.
March 13, 2023 Emirates Flight EK205 MXP-JFK diverted due to pilot illness an hour and a half after take-off.
March 11, 2023 United Airlines Flight UA2007 GUA-ORD diverted due to an incapacitated pilot who had chest pains.
March 11, 2023 A British Airways (CAI-LHR) pilot died of a heart attack in a crew hotel in Cairo before a Cairo to London flight (name & age not released).
March, 3, 2023 Virgin Australia Flight VA-717 ADL-PER Adelaide to Perth flight was forced to make an emergency landing after the first officer suffered a heart attack 30 min after departure.
Military Pilot Incapacitations:
Aug. 18, 2023 A US Army Aviation Center (Alabama) student pilot went into cardiac arrest behind the controls mid-flight (Aug.18, 2023). The instructor landed the plane the pilot was dead for 18 minutes.
Recent Pilot Deaths (Not on Duty):
Pilot death May 2023 4 Singapore Airlines pilots died suddenly in May 2023.
Pilot death May 9, 2023 United Airlines and US Air Force Pilot Lt. Col. Michael Fugett, age 46, died unexpectedly at his home.
Pilot death April 13, 2023 Phil Thomas, a graduate of Flight Training Pilot Academy in Cadiz, Spain (FTEJerez) died suddenly.
Pilot death March 17, 2023 39-year-old Westjet Pilot Benjamin Paul Vige died suddenly in Calgary.