Air Canada E190 near Toronto on May 30th 2013, first officer incapacitated
Last Update: June 5, 2013 / 21:23:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 30, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-584
Departure
Calgary, Canada
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
C-FHNV
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
The Canadian TSB reported the first officer was taken to a hospital, the aircraft was towed to the apron about 20 minutes after landing.
NAV Canada reported that there were numerous airborne holds as result of the emergency.
Passengers reported that the aircraft encountered what appeared to be turbulence some time into the flight. Shortly after a flight attendant asked where a doctor was on board. A passenger with medical background was guided to the cockpit. After some time the passenger guided the restrained first officer to a seat in the front of the passenger cabin, the first officer was screaming for help, he wanted to get off the aircraft, but soon calmed down. They were given hints the first officer may have suffered some sort of seizure.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 30, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-584
Departure
Calgary, Canada
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
C-FHNV
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
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