Condor B763 over Atlantic on Mar 10th 2018, pilot incapacitated

Last Update: September 19, 2018 / 15:02:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 10, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-2185

Departure
Havana, Cuba

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-ABUI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Condor Boeing 767-300, registration D-ABUI performing flight DE-2185 (dep Mar 9th) from Havana (Cuba) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 263 people on board, was enroute at FL340 over the Atlantic Ocean about 410nm southeast of St. John's,NL (Canada) when one of the flight crew members became incapacitated. The third flight crew member took over, the crew declared Mayday and diverted to St. John's. Due to the weather conditions at St. John's the crew subsequently decided to divert to Halifax,NS (Canada) where the aircraft landed about 2 hours later.

The Canadian TSB reported about one hour prior to landing the crew downgraded the Mayday Call to PAN, the ill flight crew member's condition was being assessed in flight.

On Sep 19th 2018 Germany's BFU released their March Bulletin reporting the first officer became incapacitated due to medical problems. Another member of the flight crew, a senior first officer, replaced the first officer. The captain declared emergency and diverted to Halifax, where the first officer was taken to a hospital. The occurrence was rated a serious incident, the occurrence is being investigated by the BFU.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 10, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-2185

Departure
Havana, Cuba

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-ABUI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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