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Flight attendant report, A300, jfk-sju, passenger had possible heart attack, divert to bermuda for hospitalization of passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 450187 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zny.artcc |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 9 flight attendant time total : 9 |
| ASRS Report | 450187 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger complained of shortness of breath and chest pain. Medical attention requested. Passenger responded, took blood pressure and vital signs. Could not decide if it was a beginning of a heart attack. Decision was made to land to prevent serious complications.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, A300, JFK-SJU, PAX HAD POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK, DIVERT TO BERMUDA FOR HOSPITALIZATION OF PAX.
Narrative: PAX COMPLAINED OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN. MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUESTED. PAX RESPONDED, TOOK BLOOD PRESSURE AND VITAL SIGNS. COULD NOT DECIDE IF IT WAS A BEGINNING OF A HEART ATTACK. DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND TO PREVENT SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS.
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.