Pilot thought co-pilot who died in cockpit was joking about cardiac arrest, safety report reveals
A pilot continued to fly after his co-pilot suffered a cardiac arrest and died - believing he was playing a joke.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigated the incident, in Blackpool, so lessons could be learned.The report The 57-year-old, who had passed a medical four months earlier, had agreed to join the the short journey aboard a G-BORL light aircraft around Blackpool Airport in June.Blackpool Airport is a base for private flights and the North West Air Ambulance Service
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