Southwest B733 near Indianapolis on Apr 25th 2012, medical emergency

Last Update: April 25, 2012 / 21:36:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2012

Aircraft Registration
JA73NE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, flight WN-1628 from Atlanta,GA to Chicago Midway,IL (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 55nm southeast of Indianapolis,IN when the crew advised they had a medical emergency on board that might require them to divert to Indianapolis. ATC cleared the flight to descend to FL290. A few minutes later, level at FL290, the crew advised they had an elderly woman with symptoms of a heart attack and they needed to divert to Indianapolis. The aircraft landed safely on Indianapolis' runway 05L, which was kept sterile with tower instructing a number of aircraft to sidestep to runway 05R, about 14 minutes after the decision to divert. The woman had to be pronounced dead due to cardiac arrest upon arrival however.

The aircraft reached Chicago with a delay of 100 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2012

Aircraft Registration
JA73NE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

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