Qantas B738 at Perth on Jun 29th 2023, first officer incapacitated

Last Update: July 2, 2023 / 06:57:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-1070

Aircraft Registration
VH-VZB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Qantas Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VZB performing flight QF-1070 from Perth,WA to Broome,WA (Australia), was climbing out of Perth's runway 03 when the captain stopped the climb at about 6000 feet initially reporting they had a technical problem subsequently correcting the cause (unreadable). The aircraft returned to Perth for a safe landing on runway 03 about 45 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VH-VXL reached Broome with a delay of about 3 hours.

A ground observer and listener on frequency reported the first officer became incapacitated, after landing the first officer was taken away in a taxi.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service on Jul 2nd 2023.

On Jul 2nd 2023 The Aviation Herald received additional information that the first officer had suffered a gastric diarrhoe. After return he went home in a taxi accompanied by the station manager.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-1070

Aircraft Registration
VH-VZB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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