Wizz UK A21N near Munich on Feb 27th 2025, one pilot incapacitated

Last Update: February 28, 2025 / 12:16:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 27, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
W9-5327

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
G-WUKO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A Wizz Air UK Airbus A321-200N, registration G-WUKO performing flight W9-5327 from London Luton,EN (UK) to Istanbul (Turkey), was enroute at FL350 about 90nm westnorthwest of Munich (Germany) when the crew declared emergency reporting one of their pilots was incapacitated, they wanted to divert to Budapest (Hungary). About 10 minutes later, while overflying the airport of Munich, the crew decided to divert to Munich and landed safely on Munich's runway 26R about 40 minutes after declaring emergency.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 16.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 27, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
W9-5327

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
G-WUKO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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