'Is there a doctor on board? The pilot has had a heart attack': Pilot collapses as he taxis on runway at Glasgow Airport and is resuscitated by crew

  • The captain of the KLM aircraft fell unconscious as he headed to runway
  • A quick-thinking passenger resuscitated him with the help of crew
  • Firefighters from Glasgow Airport helped take the Dutch pilot off plane 

By Charlie Moore For Mailonline

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Shocked passengers were evacuated from a plane when their pilot suffered a heart attack as he taxied to the runway at Glasgow Airport.

The captain of the KLM aircraft fell unconscious as he was about to leave for Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

The crew resuscitated him with the help of a passenger.

The captain of the KLM aircraft fell unconscious as he was about to leave for Amsterdam, in the Netherlands (stock image)

The captain of the KLM aircraft fell unconscious as he was about to leave for Amsterdam, in the Netherlands (stock image)

Firefighters from Glasgow Airport helped take the Dutch pilot off the plane. He was met by ambulance crews and taken to the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank.

The co-pilot of the plane, which had 128 people on board, took the aircraft back to the gate.

The flight was supposed to leave at around 5pm, but because of the emergency it was cancelled. Passengers on board had their flights re-booked.

A spokeswoman for KLM said: 'During taxiing to the runway on this KLM flight to Amsterdam the captain became unwell and the staff treated him with the help of a passenger.

'He was taken to hospital where his condition is stable.'

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: 'We took a call that a man was having a heart attack at Glasgow Airport. We attended the scene and arrived at 5.25pm.'  

Firefighters from Glasgow Airport helped take the Dutch pilot off the plane (stock image)

Firefighters from Glasgow Airport helped take the Dutch pilot off the plane (stock image)

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