The National Post reports in its Saturday edition that a passenger aboard a recent Air Transat flight out of Toronto took control of the airplane after a crew member became incapacitated. The Post's Lynn Chaya writes that Flight TS-186 en route from Toronto Pearson to Punta Cana departed at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, and was due to arrive in the Dominican Republic at around 2 p.m. local time. Nearly three hours into the flight, a member from the aircraft's flight crew began having problems. One of the 299 passengers on board, who happened to be a company-qualified pilot, stepped in and replaced the individual. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) did not specify the precise role of the incapacitated individual. The crew performed a descent toward their destination and ultimately landed safely in the Dominican Republic with no reported injuries. Earlier this year, a similar incident occurred on an Air Canada flight where an off-duty pilot assumed the crew member's duties after they became incapacitated on a flight from Toronto to Newfoundland. According to Canadian aviation rules, the incapacitation of one crew member is "an emergency and would require a diversion and landing at a suitable airport."