Vueling A320 near Amsterdam on Jul 8th 2012, medical emergency

Last Update: July 9, 2012 / 13:28:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Medical emergency

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-1871

Departure
Barcelona, Spain

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
EC-LRY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-LRY performing flight VY-1871 from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Copenhagen (Denmark), was enroute at FL350 about 40nm northeast of Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the crew declared a medical emergency reporting a heart attack on board and requesting medical services to await the aircraft at the gate. On approach the crew reported they had a very severe heart attack on board with doctors providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the back galley requesting instant medical emergency care advising the doctors requesting as quick medical care as possible, they'd prefer to stop on the runway or adjacent taxiway to have medical services board the aircraft. Air traffic control advised they'd have them taxi to a remote stand near the runway as quickly as possible, medical services would await the aircraft there. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 22 about 18 minutes after leaving FL350, the patient was taken to a local hospital.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration EC-JTQ was dispatched to Amsterdam the following morning and reached Copenhagen with a delay of 19 hours.

The incident aircraft positioned back to Barcelona after about 4 hours on the ground and resumed service another 2 hours after landing in Barcelona.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Medical emergency

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-1871

Departure
Barcelona, Spain

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
EC-LRY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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