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B777 captain on an oceanic flight reported the first officer landed the aircraft from the captain's seat with an international relief officer in the first officer seat when the captain became too ill to remain on duty.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1390973 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
About halfway back from ZZZZ I got a pretty bad headache followed by nausea. Brought the [international relief officer] back up off break and went and laid down in the bunk. Vomited twice over the next several hours and the first plan was for the first officer (first officer) to make the landing with me working the radio but as we approached ZZZ we all grew concerned about the possibility of me vomiting again while landing. Did vomit a third time in the descent. We decided that the best plan of action was for [the international relief officer] to be in the left seat for landing with me on the jump seat and the [other international relief officer] in the rt jump seat. Called dispatch and told him what was going on and he concurred so that is what we did. [The first officer] flew a flawless visual with [the international relief officer's] backing him up and then [he] taxied us right to the gate. The flight attendants were very helpful and did what they could for me and as far as I know the passengers never aware anything unusual was going on.I couldn't ask for a better crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 Captain on an oceanic flight reported the First Officer landed the aircraft from the Captain's seat with an IRO in the First Officer seat when the Captain became too ill to remain on duty.
Narrative: About halfway back from ZZZZ I got a pretty bad headache followed by nausea. Brought the [IRO] back up off break and went and laid down in the bunk. Vomited twice over the next several hours and the first plan was for the First Officer (FO) to make the landing with me working the radio but as we approached ZZZ we all grew concerned about the possibility of me vomiting again while landing. Did vomit a third time in the descent. We decided that the best plan of action was for [the IRO] to be in the left seat for landing with me on the Jump seat and the [other IRO] in the RT jump seat. Called Dispatch and told him what was going on and he concurred so that is what we did. [The FO] flew a flawless visual with [the IRO's] backing him up and then [he] taxied us right to the gate. The Flight Attendants were very helpful and did what they could for me and as far as I know the passengers never aware anything unusual was going on.I couldn't ask for a better crew.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.