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A B767 in cruise diverted due to a medical emergency and landed overweight requiring an overweight landing check.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 375562 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : kef |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : kef |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 375562 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 376210 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Passenger became ill. Doctor on board checked passenger and could detect no pulse, no blood pressure. Kef was closest airport by the time we made decision to divert. Landed at kef overweight. Time was of the essence. In my judgement landing overweight was as safe as landing within weight restrs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 IN CRUISE DIVERTED DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER AND LANDED OVERWT REQUIRING AN OVERWT LNDG CHK.
Narrative: PAX BECAME ILL. DOCTOR ON BOARD CHKED PAX AND COULD DETECT NO PULSE, NO BLOOD PRESSURE. KEF WAS CLOSEST ARPT BY THE TIME WE MADE DECISION TO DIVERT. LANDED AT KEF OVERWT. TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE. IN MY JUDGEMENT LNDG OVERWT WAS AS SAFE AS LNDG WITHIN WT RESTRS.
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.