Pilot passes out - Plane lands safely

[steve1840]

From nbcnews.com.

An Alaska Airlines flight from LAX to Seattle diverted to Portland after the Captain became ill and passed out at the controls.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/01/16802972-flight-diverted-after-alaska-airlines-pilot-passes-out?lite

[Landing Lights]

Local radio morning show had this in their news report this morning. They ended it with "the plane was actually landed by the co-pilot." I don't think they realized that that is the case on roughly 50% of all flights.