Passenger medical emergency. Emergency declared with priority handling to jfk.

Attributes
ACN	325612
Time
Date	199601
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jfk
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	325612
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Holding at boton fix on camrn 3 arrival, flight attendant notified cockpit crew passenger had chest pain and was becoming unresponsive. Declared medical emergency and requested phl or jfk. Nyc 118.97 gave traffic priority to jfk and unrestr speed. Landing uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX MEDICAL EMER. EMER DECLARED WITH PRIORITY HANDLING TO JFK.

Narrative: HOLDING AT BOTON FIX ON CAMRN 3 ARR, FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED COCKPIT CREW PAX HAD CHEST PAIN AND WAS BECOMING UNRESPONSIVE. DECLARED MEDICAL EMER AND REQUESTED PHL OR JFK. NYC 118.97 GAVE TFC PRIORITY TO JFK AND UNRESTR SPD. LNDG UNEVENTFUL.

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.