Southern Air B772 near London on Dec 23rd 2016, captain incapacitated
Last Update: January 4, 2017 / 22:00:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 23, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
Southern Air
Flight number
9S-275
Departure
Cincinnati, United States
Destination
Bahrain, Bahrain
Aircraft Registration
N777SA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Leipzig for 17 hours, then continued the journey to Bahrain as flight 9S-275D.
On Jan 4th 2017 The Aviation Herald received information that the captain was relieved from a kidney stone in Leipzig. The crew including the captain had decided to divert to Leipzig, which is a Hub for Southern Air. Urgent freight on the flight could thus be distributed onto other flights.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 23, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
Southern Air
Flight number
9S-275
Departure
Cincinnati, United States
Destination
Bahrain, Bahrain
Aircraft Registration
N777SA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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