Polar Air Cargo B748 over Pacific on Apr 22nd 2016, captain incapacitated

Last Update: April 24, 2016 / 17:43:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 22, 2016

Classification
Incident

Departure
Nagoya, Japan

Aircraft Registration
N857GT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

A Polar Air Cargo Boeing 747-800, registration N857GT performing freight flight PO-214 from Nagoya (Japan) to Cincinnati,KY (USA), was enroute at FL330 over the Pacific Ocean about 400nm west of Seattle,WA (USA) when the first officer declared medical emergency reporting the captain was incapacitated and diverted the aircraft to Seattle for a safe landing on runway 16C about one hour later. The captain was taken to a hospital.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 5 hours then continued to Cincinnati's Northern Kentucky Airport arriving there with a delay of 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 22, 2016

Classification
Incident

Departure
Nagoya, Japan

Aircraft Registration
N857GT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

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