Regional CAE E170 near Bremen on Jul 1st 2016, pilot incapacitated
Last Update: July 13, 2016 / 15:20:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2016
Classification
Incident
Flight number
AF-1325
Departure
Bremen, Germany
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
F-HBXL
A passenger reported that they were climbing out of Bremen when the crew announced they needed to return to Bremen due to a medical emergency. The passenger was puzzled as there was no fellow passenger around with any signs of feeling unwell. After landing paramedics came on board and headed for the cockpit. Soon after the paramedics returned supporting a pilot (the passenger was unable to identify whether captain or first officer), who was able to walk himself with the support, and helped the pilot to an ambulance, which drove away. Later it transpired the pilot had suffered a heart attack.
The flight was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service about 8 hours later.
On Jul 13th 2016 the French BEA reported the first officer radioed ATC about the captain being incapacitated and returned the aircraft to Bremen. The captain was taken to a hospital. Germany's BFU rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2016
Classification
Incident
Flight number
AF-1325
Departure
Bremen, Germany
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
F-HBXL
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