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DC10 flight crew diverts for medical emergency. Airport not listed by company as an approved emergency airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339307 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bis |
| State Reference | ND |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zmp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 750 |
| ASRS Report | 339307 |
| 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 | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Emergency diversion for medically unstable passenger with suspected heart attack. Under advice of 2 doctors onboard, passenger needed to be on ground with advanced life support. Our operations specifications only allowed very few airports to land at under an emergency. In this case msp, den, gtf were too far away for passenger needs. By declaring emergency and with ATC and another aircraft's help we decided to go to bismark which had been used by another air carrier for this purpose. Turns out airport was very good choice, with a jetway tall enough to reach door, paramedics, ILS, long runway. In the future it would be nice if our airline would include this airport as an emergency airport under our operations specifications. That part of country (north dakota) has very few options for DC10's under our operations specifications. It would also be nice if our airline would give us some kind of approach plate for these 8800 ft long runways/airports.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC10 FLC DIVERTS FOR MEDICAL EMER. ARPT NOT LISTED BY COMPANY AS AN APPROVED EMER ARPT.
Narrative: EMER DIVERSION FOR MEDICALLY UNSTABLE PAX WITH SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK. UNDER ADVICE OF 2 DOCTORS ONBOARD, PAX NEEDED TO BE ON GND WITH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. OUR OPS SPECS ONLY ALLOWED VERY FEW ARPTS TO LAND AT UNDER AN EMER. IN THIS CASE MSP, DEN, GTF WERE TOO FAR AWAY FOR PAX NEEDS. BY DECLARING EMER AND WITH ATC AND ANOTHER ACFT'S HELP WE DECIDED TO GO TO BISMARK WHICH HAD BEEN USED BY ANOTHER ACR FOR THIS PURPOSE. TURNS OUT ARPT WAS VERY GOOD CHOICE, WITH A JETWAY TALL ENOUGH TO REACH DOOR, PARAMEDICS, ILS, LONG RWY. IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE NICE IF OUR AIRLINE WOULD INCLUDE THIS ARPT AS AN EMER ARPT UNDER OUR OPS SPECS. THAT PART OF COUNTRY (N DAKOTA) HAS VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR DC10'S UNDER OUR OPS SPECS. IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE IF OUR AIRLINE WOULD GIVE US SOME KIND OF APCH PLATE FOR THESE 8800 FT LONG RWYS/ARPTS.
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.