Air carrier medium large transport made an unscheduled land to accommodate an ill passenger.

Attributes
ACN	183479
Time
Date	199107
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dsm
State Reference	IA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	183479
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Unscheduled landing due to ill passenger on board. All went well. ATC very helpful, emergency declared. Only comment is the fact that each controller needed to know what the emergency was. Took some extra time to answer each time. Perhaps they had our best interests in mind since coordination with dsm tower and emergency medical services was excellent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LAND TO ACCOMMODATE AN ILL PASSENGER.

Narrative: UNSCHEDULED LNDG DUE TO ILL PAX ON BOARD. ALL WENT WELL. ATC VERY HELPFUL, EMER DECLARED. ONLY COMMENT IS THE FACT THAT EACH CTLR NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THE EMER WAS. TOOK SOME EXTRA TIME TO ANSWER EACH TIME. PERHAPS THEY HAD OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND SINCE COORD WITH DSM TWR AND EMER MEDICAL SVCS WAS EXCELLENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.