<< >> NASA ASRS Report 690174, March 2006

B777 flight crew has ill passenger. Flight crew elects to divert; declares emergency and lands.

Attributes
ACN	690174
Time
Date	200603
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzzz.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 37000
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	690174
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

During cruise; flight attendants advised a passenger was unconscious; receiving oxygen and being administered to by a physician. A call was made to dispatch; along with physician on call. Passenger appeared to have had a heart attack/stroke with paralysis. Both doctors agreed that the patient should be hospitalized as soon as possible. The decision was made to divert to ZZZ1. We declared an emergency; diverted ZZZ1. A normal landing was made. Passenger was taken via ambulance to hospital.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 FLT CREW HAS ILL PAX. FLT CREW ELECTS TO DIVERT; DECLARES EMER AND LANDS.

Narrative: DURING CRUISE; FLT ATTENDANTS ADVISED A PAX WAS UNCONSCIOUS; RECEIVING OXYGEN AND BEING ADMINISTERED TO BY A PHYSICIAN. A CALL WAS MADE TO DISPATCH; ALONG WITH PHYSICIAN ON CALL. PAX APPEARED TO HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK/STROKE WITH PARALYSIS. BOTH DOCTORS AGREED THAT THE PATIENT SHOULD BE HOSPITALIZED ASAP. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO ZZZ1. WE DECLARED AN EMER; DIVERTED ZZZ1. A NORMAL LNDG WAS MADE. PAX WAS TAKEN VIA AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.