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Passenger in distress with passenger doctor in attendance. Captain elected to request expedited approach account medical emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 173507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : tys airport : clt |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 173507 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Passenger collapsed in rear galley--cold, clammy, erratic blood pressure, weak breathing. Doctor on board. Asked for priority handling due to medical emergency on board (flying red eye sfo to clt). Advised company, etc. Had to forcefully remind clt approach of medical emergency--declined a turn away from airport. Kept speed up. Approach control broke 2 aircraft off of approach and cleared us to land. Landed west/O further incidence. Clt approach could have been busy or not gotten word.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PASSENGER IN DISTRESS WITH PASSENGER DOCTOR IN ATTENDANCE. CAPT ELECTED TO REQUEST EXPEDITED APCH ACCOUNT MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
Narrative: PAX COLLAPSED IN REAR GALLEY--COLD, CLAMMY, ERRATIC BLOOD PRESSURE, WEAK BREATHING. DOCTOR ON BOARD. ASKED FOR PRIORITY HANDLING DUE TO MEDICAL EMER ON BOARD (FLYING RED EYE SFO TO CLT). ADVISED COMPANY, ETC. HAD TO FORCEFULLY REMIND CLT APCH OF MEDICAL EMER--DECLINED A TURN AWAY FROM ARPT. KEPT SPD UP. APCH CTL BROKE 2 ACFT OFF OF APCH AND CLRED US TO LAND. LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENCE. CLT APCH COULD HAVE BEEN BUSY OR NOT GOTTEN WORD.
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.