SAS B736 near Copenhagen on Feb 5th 2014, first officer incapacitated
Last Update: May 1, 2014 / 18:12:58 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 5, 2014
Classification
Report
Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Flight number
SK-579
Departure
Stockholm, Sweden
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
LN-RPY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-600
ICAO Type Designator
B736
Denmark's Havarikommission (HCL) released their final report concluding the probable cause of the serious incident was:
A virus related infection was the most probable cause of the incapacitation of the first officer.
Additional findings:
- The risk of other crew members becoming incapacitated was almost non-existing since no indication of food poisoning was revealed.
- The crew’s adherence to the operator’s procedures mitigated potential negative safety effects.
- At no point during the sequence of events, did the incapacitation endanger the safety of the passengers and the aircraft.
The HCL reported this diversion occured on the third consecutive day of flihgt duties, the captain and first officer had been rostered to fly together during all of these 3 days. After feeling unwell the first officer did not throw up. He was examined in hospital, however without any diagnosis, and was released at about midnight (about 7:45 hours after landing). The first officer returned home and consulted a medical specialist who diagnosed the illness as virus related.
The HCL analysed: "This is the single most important issue in regard to the safety of the flight, as the remaining cockpit crew member, i.e. the commander, most likely would not be subjected to a similar incapacitation. It was not possible to determine when the first officer was exposed to source of the virus infection. However, the Danish AIB assumes that it might have happened before the start of the three day duty period."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 5, 2014
Classification
Report
Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Flight number
SK-579
Departure
Stockholm, Sweden
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
LN-RPY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-600
ICAO Type Designator
B736
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