Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN93IA025

DENVER, CO, USA

Aircraft #1

N601UA

BOEING 767-222

Analysis

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT EN ROUTE FROM NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, THE FIRST OFFICER SUFFERED A GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND WAS INCAPABLE OF CONTINUING HIS DUTIES. A COMPANY PILOT RIDING AS A PASSENGER CAME TO THE FLIGHT DECK AND ASSUMED THE FIRST OFFICER'S DUTIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE THE INCAPACITATED FIRST OFFICER WAS REMOVED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.

Probable Cause and Findings

MEDICAL INCAPACITATION OF THE FIRST OFFICER.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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