A Qantas pilot had to be treated by paramedics after suffering chest pains on a domestic flight.
The pilot was not flying the plane, and Qantas said the Boeing 737 which was heading from Brisbane to Sydney on Monday as QF505, landed “as normal”.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the first officer requested a priority landing, a PAN which stands for “possible assistance needed” amid the medical incident involving the captain.
The captain asked QF505’s customer service manager to use a defibrillator on him, the newspaper reported.
The defibrillator’s pads were put on the captain in the cockpit, but the equipment was not used.
“The other pilot was operating the aircraft at the time and landed the aircraft into Sydney as normal,” Qantas told 9News.
“The pilot was treated by paramedics at the gate and transferred to hospital.”
It landed about 20 minutes late at 9.01am today, according to Flight Aware.
The Air Transport Safety Bureau told the Herald that it had been notified of the incident and was gathering further information.
