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Flight crew of an medium large transport declared an emergency after a reported sick passenger needed immediate medical help.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 314006 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199508 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gqe |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zme |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 314006 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Passenger reported in extreme pain due to passing a kidney stone. We called ahead to memphis company and had an ambulance standing by. We declared an emergency with ATC to gain preferential routing to memphis. We flew a visual approach to runway 36L and taxied to the gate where the passenger walked off the aircraft with paramedics.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DECLARED AN EMER AFTER A RPTED SICK PAX NEEDED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL HELP.
Narrative: PAX RPTED IN EXTREME PAIN DUE TO PASSING A KIDNEY STONE. WE CALLED AHEAD TO MEMPHIS COMPANY AND HAD AN AMBULANCE STANDING BY. WE DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC TO GAIN PREFERENTIAL ROUTING TO MEMPHIS. WE FLEW A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 36L AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WHERE THE PAX WALKED OFF THE ACFT WITH PARAMEDICS.
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.