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Flight crew of a B727 requested and received priority handling and expedited their descent for landing due to an ill passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 363438 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zme tracon : mem tower : ewr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 363438 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
About 130 NM from mem at FL250 a passenger became ill. We notified ZME and requested priority handling. We were cleared direct mem and accelerated to maximum airspeed. We maintained that till the approach, in an attempt to expedite our arrival.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B727 REQUESTED AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING AND EXPEDITED THEIR DSCNT FOR LNDG DUE TO AN ILL PAX.
Narrative: ABOUT 130 NM FROM MEM AT FL250 A PAX BECAME ILL. WE NOTIFIED ZME AND REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING. WE WERE CLRED DIRECT MEM AND ACCELERATED TO MAX AIRSPD. WE MAINTAINED THAT TILL THE APCH, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXPEDITE OUR ARR.
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.