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B757 flight crew has medical emergency on board during climb. Decision made to return to departure airport and make overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 376840 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 376840 |
| 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 | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
During climb phase of flight after sterile period, the #1 flight attendant informed me that a lady had passed out and an ex paramedic and a physician's assistant were assessing her condition. She was given oxygen. She woke up and felt as if she was going to pass out again. I declared a medical emergency with ZFW and returned to dfw airport. Paramedics took her off the flight. Her 2 companions accompanied her to the hospital. When we returned to dfw because of the incapacitated passenger, we had to make an overweight landing. Landing weight was 138000 pounds, smooth touchdown, and sink rate was approximately 200 FPM.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLC HAS MEDICAL EMER ON BOARD DURING CLB. DECISION MADE TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT AND MAKE OVERWT LNDG.
Narrative: DURING CLB PHASE OF FLT AFTER STERILE PERIOD, THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME THAT A LADY HAD PASSED OUT AND AN EX PARAMEDIC AND A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT WERE ASSESSING HER CONDITION. SHE WAS GIVEN OXYGEN. SHE WOKE UP AND FELT AS IF SHE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT AGAIN. I DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER WITH ZFW AND RETURNED TO DFW ARPT. PARAMEDICS TOOK HER OFF THE FLT. HER 2 COMPANIONS ACCOMPANIED HER TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN WE RETURNED TO DFW BECAUSE OF THE INCAPACITATED PAX, WE HAD TO MAKE AN OVERWT LNDG. LNDG WT WAS 138000 LBS, SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN, AND SINK RATE WAS APPROX 200 FPM.
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.