Co-pilot passed out in cockpit before landing

The co-pilot of a FlyBe passenger plane who passed out in his cockpit seat inadvertently hit the rudder pedal causing the aircraft to roll just before descent into Dublin Airport.

When the pilot asked the co-pilot what he thought had caused the roll he realised his second-in-command was unconscious.

The pilot managed to right the plane after which he made a PAN (urgency) call to Dublin Air Traffic Control (ATC) asking for priority landing.