Condor A320 near Lisbon on Jan 18th 2015, first officer incapacitated

Last Update: February 13, 2015 / 20:54:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-7438

Destination
Lanzarote, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AICI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Condor Airbus A320-200, registration D-AICI performing flight DE-7438 from Hamburg (Germany) to Lanzarote,CI (Spain) with 138 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 60nm northeast of Lisbon (Portugal) when the captain declared emergency reporting the first officer was incapacitated. The captain decided to divert to Faro due to weather conditions at Lisbon unsuitable for single pilot operations and requested medical assistance available at Faro. The aircraft landed safely in Faro about 40 minutes later, the first officer was attended by medical personnel and subsequently taken to a hospital when his condition did not improve.

Portugals GPIAA reported on Feb 13th 2015 the occurrence was rated a serious incident and an investigation has been opened.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-7438

Destination
Lanzarote, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AICI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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