British Airways B772 near Brussels on Sep 28th 2015, first officer incapacitated

Last Update: October 1, 2015 / 21:38:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-163

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
G-YMMC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-YMMC performing flight BA-163 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was enroute at FL370 about 15nm west of Brussels (Belgium) when the captain decided to return to Heathrow Airport after the first officer became ill and was unable to continue duties. The aircraft landed safely back in Heathrow about 70 minutes after departure.

The passengers were taken to hotels.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration G-VIIN operated by a replacement crew departed London the following morning and reached Tel Aviv with a delay of 13 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-163

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
G-YMMC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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