Jetairfly B763 near Shannon on May 23rd 2012, medical emergency

Last Update: May 23, 2012 / 22:49:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 23, 2012

Cause
Medical emergency

Airline
Jetairfly

Flight number
TB-208

Departure
Cancun, Mexico

Destination
Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL370 abou

Aircraft Registration
OO-JAP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Jetairfly Boeing 767-300, registration OO-JAP performing flight TB-208 from Cancun (Mexico) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL370 about 140nm south of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew reported a male passenger (60) with a pacemaker showed symptoms of a heart attack and decided to divert to Shannon. On approach the crew requested the ambulance to meet the aircraft immediately after turning off the runway with stairs ready there, ATC advised the ambulance would not be able to make it in time and the ambulance would meet the aircraft at the gate and enter the aircraft with a stretcher through the jetway. The aircraft landed safely on runway 06 about 20 minutes (!) after the decision to divert. The patient however had to be pronounced dead upon arrival.

A replacement crew was flown in, the aircraft reached Brussels with a delay of 6:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 23, 2012

Cause
Medical emergency

Airline
Jetairfly

Flight number
TB-208

Departure
Cancun, Mexico

Destination
Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL370 abou

Aircraft Registration
OO-JAP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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