Spirit A319 near Kansas City on Dec 25th 2014, pilot became ill
Last Update: December 26, 2014 / 21:41:39 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 25, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Spirit Airlines
Flight number
NK-695
Departure
Baltimore, United States
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
N524NK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The airport reported the captain's symptoms are believed to be caused by gall stones.
The occurrence aircraft was able to continue the flight with a replacement crew after about 6 hours on the ground and reached Las Vegas with a delay of 6:10 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 25, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Spirit Airlines
Flight number
NK-695
Departure
Baltimore, United States
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
N524NK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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