An Air Canada flight from Newark, New Jersey, bound for Halifax, Canada, was forced to make an emergency landing at Boston Logan Airport yesterday after the pilot suffered a medical episode mid-flight.
A report from ABC News details the dramatic events on board the twin-turboprop de Havilland Dash 8-400, which had 61 passengers on board. The drama began at around 1:40 pm when the plane swerved sharply after takeoff. They quote passenger Rodney McDonald, traveling with his wife and two sons, as saying: