![First officer falling through the sky with a panicked expression.](https://flightsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/humanfactors_oct19_fear_featured.jpg)
The copilot of an Airbus A319 experienced an anxiety attack so severe that he had to leave the flight deck during a 2018 approach to Glasgow, Scotland. He told incident investigators that he was “overthinking” the approach, which came one day after shifting winds prompted the commander to conduct the first go-around that the first officer had experienced in the airplane.1