United B772 over Pacific on Jun 26th 2013, captain incapacitated
Last Update: July 1, 2013 / 15:12:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 26, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-87
Departure
Shanghai, China
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
N77014
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
A passenger reported flight attendants told them the "main pilot" had become "very sick".
The FAA upon initial contact on Friday, Jun 28th, told The Aviation Herald, they had nothing on this occurrence yet but would follow up after finding out about the diversion, later only referred to the airline, who did not respond to The Aviation Herald.
The aircraft was able to continue the flight after 90 minutes on the ground and reached Newark with a delay of 100 minutes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 26, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-87
Departure
Shanghai, China
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
N77014
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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