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Air carrier passenger has apparent heart attack. Flight diverts to land and evacuate/evacuation passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 199330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rdu |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 199330 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
En route to bdl from atl a passenger suffered from a suspected heart attack requiring an emergency descent and diversion to rdu. This was accomplished in concert with ATC and an uneventful landing at rdu was made where mr X was evacuated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR PAX HAS APPARENT HEART ATTACK. FLT DIVERTS TO LAND AND EVAC PAX.
Narrative: ENRTE TO BDL FROM ATL A PAX SUFFERED FROM A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK REQUIRING AN EMER DSCNT AND DIVERSION TO RDU. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN CONCERT WITH ATC AND AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT RDU WAS MADE WHERE MR X WAS EVACUATED.
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.