Lufthansa A321 near Budapest on Jun 18th 2012, medical emergency

Last Update: June 18, 2012 / 14:46:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 18, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1784

Destination
Ankara, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
D-AIDD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIDD performing flight LH-1784 from Munich (Germany) to Ankara (Turkey), was enroute at FL330 about 70nm west of Budapest (Hungary) when a male passenger (about 70) became unconscious. While cabin crew provided first aid the aircraft diverted to Budapest for a safe landing on runway 13R about 22 minutes later. The passenger had to be pronounced dead upon arrival however.

The aircraft departed Budapest after about 80 minutes on the ground and reached Ankara with a delay of 130 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 18, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1784

Destination
Ankara, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
D-AIDD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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