Cathay Pacific A35K enroute on Dec 11th 2023, captain felt unwell

Last Update: December 14, 2023 / 19:38:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 11, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CX-101

Aircraft Registration
B-LXM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-1000

ICAO Type Designator
A35K

A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000, registration B-LXM performing flight CX-101 from Hong Kong (China) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute at FL390 about 80nm northnortheast of Manado (Indonesia) and about 1360nm southsoutheast of Hong Kong, just having completed a step climb from FL370 to FL390, when the crew decided to turn around and return to Hong Kong due to the captain feeling unwell. The aircraft descended to FL380 and landed safely back in Hong Kong about 3:07 hours after the decision to turn around.

The airline reported the captain felt unwell prompting the return to Hong Kong. Another crew took over upon landing and brought the passengers to Sydney.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Hong Kong for about 3 hours, then departed again and reached Sydney with a delay of about 9 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 11, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CX-101

Aircraft Registration
B-LXM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-1000

ICAO Type Designator
A35K

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