Nelson DH8C near Tauranga on Apr 1st 2017, pilot incapacitated

Last Update: April 1, 2017 / 23:49:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 1, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Nelson

Flight number
NZ-8807

Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEK

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

An Air Nelson de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of Air New Zealand, registration ZK-NEK performing flight NZ-8807 from Tauranga to Christchurch (New Zealand), was climbing through FL140 out of Tauranga when one of the pilots became ill prompting the flight crew to return to Tauranga, where the aircraft landed safely about 30 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 8 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 1, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Nelson

Flight number
NZ-8807

Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEK

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

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