An air carrier B737-300 flight crew diverts to isp when a passenger has a heart attack.

Attributes
ACN	361990
Time
Date	199702
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : isp
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 24000 msl bound upper : 24000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 13000
ASRS Report	361990
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Passenger experienced a heart attack. Diverted to isp for medical assistance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B737-300 FLC DIVERTS TO ISP WHEN A PAX HAS A HEART ATTACK.

Narrative: PAX EXPERIENCED A HEART ATTACK. DIVERTED TO ISP FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

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.