Rouge B763 near New York on Aug 28th 2018, pilot incapacitated

Last Update: September 4, 2018 / 18:39:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 28, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RV-1712

Aircraft Registration
C-GBZR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300, registration C-GBZR performing flight RV-1712 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) with 250 passengers and 8 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 60nm southeast of New York JFK,NY (USA) when one of the pilots became incapacitated prompting the other pilot to declare PAN PAN and to return to Toronto where the aircraft landed safely about 70 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB reported shortly after the aircraft had levelled off at cruise level one of the pilots began to feel ill and subsequently became incapacited. The other pilot returned the aircraft to Toronto.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 28, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RV-1712

Aircraft Registration
C-GBZR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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