<< >> NASA ASRS Report 347429, September 1996

South of djb, cabin attendant advised captain of ill passenger. Captain coordinated with company dispatch to divert to cle. Clearance obtained and a medical emergency was declared. Aircraft landed in 13 mins and passenger removed from aircraft by medical personnel.

Attributes
ACN	347429
Time
Date	199609
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : djb
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time total : 8500
ASRS Report	347429
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

A passenger became ill and doubled over with pain in his back and a cold sweat. The flight attendants notified the captain and the cockpit crew then coordinated with air carrier flight control and ZOB to divert for a medical emergency into cle airport. The flight attendants were able to find a nurse to check the ill passenger. We then descended from FL290, 70 mi south of cleveland to land in about 13 mins. The passenger then was taken by emergency medical crews at cle to a hospital. All the training that air carrier does to prepare the crews for this type situation were used and the diversion went very smoothly and expeditiously. The flight attendants took great care of the passenger and the cockpit coordinated and flew the airplane to landing with no glitches. The human resource training from air carrier was used during this diversion and it shows up in how smooth everything went.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S OF DJB, CABIN ATTENDANT ADVISED CAPT OF ILL PAX. CAPT COORDINATED WITH COMPANY DISPATCH TO DIVERT TO CLE. CLRNC OBTAINED AND A MEDICAL EMER WAS DECLARED. ACFT LANDED IN 13 MINS AND PAX REMOVED FROM ACFT BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

Narrative: A PAX BECAME ILL AND DOUBLED OVER WITH PAIN IN HIS BACK AND A COLD SWEAT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS NOTIFIED THE CAPT AND THE COCKPIT CREW THEN COORDINATED WITH ACR FLT CTL AND ZOB TO DIVERT FOR A MEDICAL EMER INTO CLE ARPT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE ABLE TO FIND A NURSE TO CHK THE ILL PAX. WE THEN DSNDED FROM FL290, 70 MI S OF CLEVELAND TO LAND IN ABOUT 13 MINS. THE PAX THEN WAS TAKEN BY EMER MEDICAL CREWS AT CLE TO A HOSPITAL. ALL THE TRAINING THAT ACR DOES TO PREPARE THE CREWS FOR THIS TYPE SIT WERE USED AND THE DIVERSION WENT VERY SMOOTHLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY. THE FLT ATTENDANTS TOOK GREAT CARE OF THE PAX AND THE COCKPIT COORDINATED AND FLEW THE AIRPLANE TO LNDG WITH NO GLITCHES. THE HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING FROM ACR WAS USED DURING THIS DIVERSION AND IT SHOWS UP IN HOW SMOOTH EVERYTHING WENT.

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.