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Everyone, send this verified report to every frequent flyer you know!<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A newly hired American Airlines regional jet pilot collapsed just after takeoff in Chicago on Saturday night<\/h1>\n

Alex Berenson
\nUnreported Truths<\/p>\n

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“He could not be revived. Cause of death unknown; American will not disclose any details, including his vaccination status. The co-pilot took over and averted catastrophe.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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At 7:59 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 19, Captain Patrick Ford collapsed at the controls of his American Eagle Embraer 175 – only seconds after the 76-seat jet had left the runway in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Ford was speaking to an air traffic controller at Chicago O\u2019Hare, one of the world\u2019s busiest airports, when his voice abruptly stopped, a publicly available\u00a0recording<\/a>\u00a0of the incidents show.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I help you?\u201d the controller anxiously asked, seconds later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to return, captain is incapacitated,\u201d Ford\u2019s copilot coolly reported.<\/p>\n

The jet, bound for Columbus, Ohio, had barely reached 2,000 feet of altitude. Any mistake could have led it to crash within seconds.<\/p>\n

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But the Embraer\u2019s copilot, Captain Brandon Hendrickson, took control. Hendrickson brought the jet to 5,000 feet and within minutes had it back on the ground at O\u2019Hare. Through Hendrickson was in the first officer\u2019s seat, he was actually overseeing Ford as a \u201cline check airman\u201d because Ford was so new to Envoy Air, a regional carrier owned by American Airlines.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s body remained in the pilot\u2019s seat throughout.<\/p>\n

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Envoy\u2019s vice president for flight operations reported the death to its pilots Sunday, but beyond that American and Envoy have not publicly disclosed the near-disaster. A spokesperson for Envoy did not respond to specific questions about what had happened, acknowledging only that a \u201ccrew member\u201d had become ill \u201cshortly after departure\u201d and \u201cpassed away at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, the recording shows that Ford was either unconscious or dead throughout the short flight. \u201cHe\u2019s knocked out,\u201d Hendrickson told the control tower just a minute after taking over. \u201cWe\u2019re going to need paramedics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three days later, word of the close call is spreading among pilots at American and elsewhere, who are lauding Hendrickson\u2019s heroism.<\/p>\n

\u201cDude had to keep cool to get this plane on the ground safely and luckily kept a much larger disaster from\u00a0occurring in the very busy airspace and land beneath Chicago Intl.,\u201d one pilot wrote me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis handling of the situation was superb,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n

Among pilots who resisted mRNA Covid vaccines – a small but vocal minority – Ford\u2019s death has also thrown into question possible cardiac side effects from the shots. American and Envoy declined to disclose if Ford had been vaccinated or boosted. But most pilots are vaccinated, following heavy government and airline pressure in the summer and fall of 2021.<\/p>\n

Pilots at American have also noted a sharp increase in disability filings since last summer, although no one has yet directly connected those to the mRNA shots.<\/p>\n

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Addendum: the questions from me American and Envoy would not answer, reproduced verbatim:<\/p>\n

1) Has a cause of death been determined? Will an autopsy be performed and will its findings be made public?<\/em><\/p>\n

2) How old was Captain Ford? Was he married and did he have children? Where was he based and where did he live?<\/em><\/p>\n

3) When did Captain Ford join AA\/Envoy? Where had he worked previously (I am told Republic Airways)? Was he given a medical exam upon joining? Are medical exams standard procedures for new pilots at Envoy, or does a standard FAA clearance serve instead?<\/em><\/p>\n

4) How recently had he received medical clearance to fly? My understanding is that pilots over 40 must receive an FAA medical certificate every six months, and those under 40 once a year.<\/em><\/p>\n

5) Can AA\/Envoy provide any details about the incident and the flight? I have seen a text from someone who claims to have spoken to Captain Hendrickson claiming that the aircraft went into a steep bank and only quick action from Captain Hendrickson averted disaster. Is this correct?<\/em><\/p>\n

6) How many passengers were on board the aircraft?<\/em><\/p>\n

7) What steps if any does AA\/Envoy plan to take as a result of this incident?<\/em><\/p>\n

8) Was Captain Ford vaccinated against Covid? Had he received a booster or a second booster?<\/em><\/p>\n

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