Air carrier flight diverted for medical emergency.

Attributes
ACN	315185
Time
Date	199509
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : roc
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 39000 msl bound upper : 39000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zbw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	315185
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

About 1 hour after takeoff, flight attendants notified us of medical emergency of passenger having possible heart attack. We had passed syracuse going wbound and rochester was about 110 mi straight ahead. We elected to descend straight ahead and landed rochester. Passenger still alive when deplaned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLT DIVERTED FOR MEDICAL EMER.

Narrative: ABOUT 1 HR AFTER TKOF, FLT ATTENDANTS NOTIFIED US OF MEDICAL EMER OF PAX HAVING POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK. WE HAD PASSED SYRACUSE GOING WBOUND AND ROCHESTER WAS ABOUT 110 MI STRAIGHT AHEAD. WE ELECTED TO DSND STRAIGHT AHEAD AND LANDED ROCHESTER. PAX STILL ALIVE WHEN DEPLANED.

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.