Phuket flight aborted after co-pilot has heart attack in cockpit, dies

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Phuket flight aborted after co-pilot has heart attack in cockpit, dies
Eakkapop Thongtub


The Boeing 737-800, scheduled for takeoff at 3:20am, was carrying 180 passengers and six crew, bound for Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Subway06

PHUKET: -- A South Korean co-pilot has died after suffering a heart attack in the cockpit while preparing for takeoff at Phuket International Airport early this morning (Apr 15).

The 40-year-old co-pilot was conducting his preflight check on Eastar Jet Flight ZE532 when he started suffering breathing difficulty and fell unconscious, said Lt Suporn Muangkhai of the Thalang Police.

The Boeing 737-800, scheduled for takeoff at 3:20am, was carrying 180 passengers and six crew, bound for Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea.

“Airport emergency responders transported him to Thalang Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead,” said Lt Suporn.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-flight-aborted-after-co-pilot-has-heart-attack-in-cockpit-dies-57042.php

-- Phuket News 2016-04-15

[johnatong]

Sad.

I wonder who did this mans last medical and when ?

[djjamie]

RIP.

Small mercies it happened on the ground before tack off.

[laolover88]

Sad for him; lucky for passengers. Why are people always "pronounced" dead?

[metisdead]

A post containing speculative nonsense comments has been removed as well as a reply.

[Colabamumbai]

Sad for him; lucky for passengers. Why are people always "pronounced" dead?

We will either be pronounced dead or found dead.

[SOTIRIOS]

...hope they care to find out why...at the age of 40.....

[HappyinNE]

...hope they care to find out why...at the age of 40.....

A Heart Attack!

[snoop1130]

Korean airline pilot dies after pre-flight check
Winai Sarot

PHUKET: -- The assistant captain of an Eastar Jet aircraft died shortly after complaining of breathing difficulties while preparing for departure from Phuket today.

“South Korean pilot Hyunsoo Lim, 41, died in the emergency room at Thalang Hospital at about 8:20am,” said Lt Suporn Muangkai of the Thalang Police.

“His co-workers told us that they were conducting pre-flight checks at about 1am when Mr Lim complained of breathing difficulties and was rushed to hospital.”

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Korean-airline-pilot-dies-preflight-check/63699?desktopversion

-- Phuket Gazette 2016-04-15

[palace15]

No danger at all to passengers, always 2 pilots on-board and auto-pilot, just a very sad passing of someone so young RIP.

[biplanebluey]

No danger at all to passengers, always 2 pilots on-board and auto-pilot, just a very sad passing of someone so young RIP.

NO DANGER------ No ! Just switch on Auto-pilot and sit there and watch it land!!!!!!!!!! Do you have any idea what the two pilots have to do to co-ordinate with each other.Especially on take offs and landings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIP to someone so young

[menzies233]

Jesus, the sanctimonious brigade offering condolences and RIP messages to someone so young.....give it a rest, you don't even know the guy and you'd probably be the first in line screaming for compensation cause your flight was delayed. Yes it is sad, sad for him and his family, it does not affect you in the slightest. People die, young and old, we should have a Thai Visa Sanctimonious Death Respect Post Forum where all this self promoting sorrow can be contained in one area.

Every time someone dies and it is reported here, there is post after post from people that don't even know the people. It is a bit sickening to be honest.

A RIP Forum for farangs that didn't know the person that died but were deeply concerned, maybe you can set up a donation link to the families? See how much that would raise.

Edited April 15, 2016 by menzies233

[johnatong]

...hope they care to find out why...at the age of 40.....

A Heart Attack!

Pure speculation until definitively proved at post-mortem (autopsy)

[chilli42]

Pronounced because you can only be devalued officially dead by authorized people

[oldsailor35]

Matter of interest. How often do commercial pilots have to do medical checks.

[ableguy]

Sad for him; lucky for passengers. Why are people always "pronounced" dead?

One would think because they had stopped breathing.

[ableguy]

Matter of interest. How often do commercial pilots have to do medical checks.

Annually and on anew hire.

[shirtless]

Pilots are exposed to high levels of radiation , Japans accident has been releasing radiation into the ocean and atmosphere for 5 years we are all breathing the same air and eating the same foods , they have been compromised, expect higher cancer rates and heart attacks.

[bangon04]

That lovely photo of his body lying on the floor will be a great comfort to his friends and relatives.

[jacko45k]

That lovely photo of his body lying on the floor will be a great comfort to his friends and relatives.

He appears to be on a stretcher.

[simon43]

That lovely photo of his body lying on the floor will be a great comfort to his friends and relatives.

He appears to be on a stretcher.

Trust me, if you're seriously ill or in a life-threatening situation, you do not want to end up at Thalang Hospital

With the expansion of the airport and construction of numerous hotels and condos in the north of the island, would the community not benefit from having a new hospital (private or government) built in this locality?

I'm not holding my breath. Our wonderful international airport region (Nai Yang) doesn't even have a shopping centre, petrol station or bank yey.

[F4UCorsair]

Matter of interest. How often do commercial pilots have to do medical checks.

Annually and on anew hire.

Most countries now require 6 monthly after a certain age, varies with country from 40 to 50. The biannual generally requires a stress ECG as an extra.

[F4UCorsair]

No danger at all to passengers, always 2 pilots on-board and auto-pilot, just a very sad passing of someone so young RIP.

NO DANGER------ No ! Just switch on Auto-pilot and sit there and watch it land!!!!!!!!!! Do you have any idea what the two pilots have to do to co-ordinate with each other.Especially on take offs and landings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIP to someone so young

An airline category aircraft, normally crewed by two pilots, can be safely flown by one, and it's a sequence practised in simulators, frequently with a simulated heart attack and a pilot collapsing over the controls.

No two cockpit medical emergencies will be the same, but the pilots are forced to think laterally about courses of action, and consequences, particularly if the exercise involves an emergency, operational or mechanical, already

Occasionally a pilot can be as busy as a one armed wall paper hanger with the crabs.

[stevenl]

That lovely photo of his body lying on the floor will be a great comfort to his friends and relatives.

He appears to be on a stretcher.

Trust me, if you're seriously ill or in a life-threatening situation, you do not want to end up at Thalang Hospital

With the expansion of the airport and construction of numerous hotels and condos in the north of the island, would the community not benefit from having a new hospital (private or government) built in this locality?

I'm not holding my breath. Our wonderful international airport region (Nai Yang) doesn't even have a shopping centre, petrol station or bank yey.

When people see business opportunities they will open a shopping center, petrol station or bank.

[Kabula]

It seems daily now we read about airline events happening worldwide. Very concerning. Back in the day it was never like this.

[Suradit69]

Jesus, the sanctimonious brigade offering condolences and RIP messages to someone so young.....give it a rest, you don't even know the guy and you'd probably be the first in line screaming for compensation cause your flight was delayed. Yes it is sad, sad for him and his family, it does not affect you in the slightest. People die, young and old, we should have a Thai Visa Sanctimonious Death Respect Post Forum where all this self promoting sorrow can be contained in one area.

Every time someone dies and it is reported here, there is post after post from people that don't even know the people. It is a bit sickening to be honest.

A RIP Forum for farangs that didn't know the person that died but were deeply concerned, maybe you can set up a donation link to the families? See how much that would raise.

"we should have a Thai Visa Sanctimonious Death Respect Post Forum where all this self promoting sorrow can be contained in one area."

Still better than most announcements of the death of some farang, often accompanied by a blurred photo of him sprawled on the floor in his skivvies, followed by all the usual conspiracy theorists who say pretty much the same nonsense no matter what the circumstances.

What's really sad is that anyone's death (and the culmination of his life) is reduced to nothing more than a social media gossip-fest.

[hobobo]

No danger at all to passengers, always 2 pilots on-board and auto-pilot, just a very sad passing of someone so young RIP.

NO DANGER------ No ! Just switch on Auto-pilot and sit there and watch it land!!!!!!!!!! Do you have any idea what the two pilots have to do to co-ordinate with each other.Especially on take offs and landings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIP to someone so young

I guess it must be quite important to warrant 18 exclamation marks (and 10 just to watch it land)

[sweatalot]

Sudden heart death is quite possible with fourty

without any anterior signs

even without any suspicious medical findings the day before

Edited April 16, 2016 by sweatalot

[sweatalot]

It seems daily now we read about airline events happening worldwide. Very concerning. Back in the day it was never like this.

...Back in the days they were not in the news and there was no internet

and back in the days there were much less aircrafts, much less pilots, much less passengers ...

[kiwikeith]

Sad for him; lucky for passengers. Why are people always "pronounced" dead?

The lack of trained personel to administer/ willing to, to scarred to/ cpr may help.