EAT Leizpig A306 near Leipzig on May 1st 2019, training captain incapacitated

Last Update: July 30, 2019 / 14:21:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 1, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QY-3597

Departure
Stockholm, Sweden

Destination
Leipzig, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AEAR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

An EAT Leipzig Airbus A300-600 freigher, registration D-AEAR performing flight QY-3597 from Stockholm (Sweden) to Leipzig (Germany), was descending towards Leipzig when the training captain, pilot monitoring, became incapacitated. The safety first officer present in the cockpit took the seat of the training captain and assumed the role as pilot monitoring. On final approach to Leipzig's runway 26L the pilot flying elected to go around at 1000 feet AGL. A captain flying as passenger on board replaced the safety first officer, assumed the role as pilot flying and landed the aircraft about 18 minutes after the go around.

Germany's BFU rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.

Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 1, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QY-3597

Departure
Stockholm, Sweden

Destination
Leipzig, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AEAR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

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