Jet2 B738 near Faro on Feb 17th 2018, first officer unwell
Last Update: February 17, 2018 / 23:52:34 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 17, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jet2.com
Flight number
LS-1202
Departure
Lanzarote, Spain
Destination
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-JZBC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration G-GDFS positioned to Faro, departed Faro about 5 hours after touchdown of G-JZBC and is estimated to reach Birmingham with a delay of about 5.5 hours.
The airline reported the first officer felt unwell prompting the diversion to Faro. The first officer was okay, it was not clear whether he had been taken to a hospital.
Faro emergency services reported they responded with 34 emergency vehicles and 81 rescue personnell to the medical emergency and blocked a traffic lane between airport and hospital for emergency vehicles only, the hospital called in their stand by staff.
The occurrence aircraft departed Faro about 15 minutes after G-GDFS and is currently positioning back to the UK.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 17, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jet2.com
Flight number
LS-1202
Departure
Lanzarote, Spain
Destination
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-JZBC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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