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    Pilot passes out - Plane lands safely

    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...asses-out?lite
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    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.
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