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Flight attendant report regarding a B767-200 on which a passenger was having seizures. Captain elected to continue flight upon advice of physicians on board. Encountered severe turbulence during flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 424930 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lgw |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-200 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic enroute : other oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 424930 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
This was a medical emergency. The passenger experienced multiple epileptic seizures. The captain elected to continue to rdu as the attending physicians said the passenger would be ok as long as he was conscious. We experienced severe turbulence during the last hour of our flight, making it almost impossible to continue our service.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B767-200 ON WHICH A PAX WAS HAVING SEIZURES. CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE FLT UPON ADVICE OF PHYSICIANS ON BOARD. ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB DURING FLT.
Narrative: THIS WAS A MEDICAL EMER. THE PAX EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES. THE CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO RDU AS THE ATTENDING PHYSICIANS SAID THE PAX WOULD BE OK AS LONG AS HE WAS CONSCIOUS. WE EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURB DURING THE LAST HR OF OUR FLT, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE OUR SVC.
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.