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A321 pilot crew reported using pilot emergency authority below 10;000 feet; increased speed; for critically ill passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1740720 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 6130 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
The captain and I received notification from the cabin crew of a medical emergency onboard. Passenger had become unconscious and unresponsive in the forward lavatory and cpr/aed efforts were being administered. Between ZZZ2 & ZZZ airports; medical personnel onboard advised us to land as soon as possible in the hopes of resuscitating the passenger. We therefore expedited to ZZZ airport from our cruising altitude of 36;000' to include exceeding the 250 knot below 10;000' far airspeed restriction in the descent to the airport area. This was done under captain's emergency authority due to the medical emergency onboard. The conditions were VFR and with minimal traffic in the airspace; the risk was deemed to be very low.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 pilot crew reported using pilot emergency authority below 10;000 feet; increased speed; for critically ill passenger.
Narrative: The Captain and I received notification from the cabin crew of a medical emergency onboard. Passenger had become unconscious and unresponsive in the forward lavatory and CPR/AED efforts were being administered. Between ZZZ2 & ZZZ airports; medical personnel onboard advised us to land as soon as possible in the hopes of resuscitating the passenger. We therefore expedited to ZZZ airport from our cruising altitude of 36;000' to include exceeding the 250 knot below 10;000' FAR airspeed restriction in the descent to the airport area. This was done under Captain's emergency authority due to the medical emergency onboard. The conditions were VFR and with minimal traffic in the airspace; the risk was deemed to be very low.
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.