Air Canada flight diverted to Boston mid-flight after pilot suffers medical emergency

An Air Canada flight made an unexpected landing in Boston Wednesday, after the captain suffered a medical emergency.

The captain became incapacitated and the co-pilot was forced to take over flight AC7664 from Newark, N.J. to Halifax, N.S.

The pilot was taken to a local hospital for treatment when the plane landed.

A statement from the airline said Flight AC7664 was being operated by regional partner PAL Airlines on Wednesday afternoon when the captain experienced the issue and was removed from the flight deck in accordance with safety protocols.

An online flight tracker shows the plane departed from Newark at 12:55 p.m. EDT and landed in Boston about an hour later, with altitude beginning to drop about 30 minutes after takeoff.

The flight from Newark to Halifax normally takes two hours and 15 minutes.

Controllers in air traffic audio recordings from Logan International Airport were heard warning other pilots that runway 27 would be out of commission due to “an inbound emergency” at 1:35 p.m.

None of the 61 passengers on board were hurt and the airline says alternate travel arrangements are being made.

The controller told another arriving aircraft to be aware that the runway may be out of commission due to the emergency aircraft, which “may have an issue getting off the runway” once they land.

A spokeswoman for Boston Logan International Airport said in an email that the Air Canada plane landed without incident, and “Massport Fire Rescue and Boston EMS responded to the crew as necessary.”

With Files from The Canadian Press.

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