Air Berlin A332 near Shannon on Aug 10th 2012, medical emergency

Last Update: August 10, 2012 / 18:47:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 10, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Berlin

Flight number
AB-7248

Aircraft Registration
D-ALPJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air Berlin Airbus A330-200, registration D-ALPJ performing flight AB-7248 from Berlin Tegel (Germany) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 95nm northeast of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew requested to divert to Shannon reporting a passenger suffered symptoms of an open gastritis and was spitting blood, medics on the ground had recommended to land as soon as possible. The aircraft landed overweight but safely on Shannon's runway 06 about 24 minutes later, waiting medical services took the male patient to a local hospital.

The aircraft departed again after about 2 hours on the ground and is currently estimated to reach New York with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 10, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Berlin

Flight number
AB-7248

Aircraft Registration
D-ALPJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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