Delta B763 over Atlantic on May 3rd 2012, medical emergency

Last Update: May 3, 2012 / 10:30:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 3, 2012

Flight number
DL-80

Aircraft Registration
N1608

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N1608 performing flight DL-80 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Brussels (Belgium) with 160 people on board, was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean about 300nm off the coast of Ireland when a female diabetic passenger (64) collapsed prompting cabin crew to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while flight crew diverted the aircraft to Shannon. On the way flight crew reported the patient temporarily had no blood pressure and no pulse, but following CPR now had pulse and blood pressure again and was responsive again. The aircraft landed safely on Shannon's runway 06 about 50 minutes later, the patient was taken to a hospital.

The aircraft reached Brussels with a delay of 2.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 3, 2012

Flight number
DL-80

Aircraft Registration
N1608

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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