Aircraft diverted for medical emergency in mexican airspace.

Attributes
ACN	429770
Time
Date	199902
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mmex.airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : mmex.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	429770
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport

Narrative:

Time: XA19Z. ATC facility: mexico center. Location: tmn. Flight of passenger for boat cruise charter from dfw to aca. North of cvm advised by #1 flight attendant we had an ill elderly lady, age 73, heart problems and diabetic. No doctor, but a nurse on aircraft. Informed by crew, lady was in great pain, very pale. Nurse thought possible heart problem. Advised dispatch and mexico center. Landed mex at XA49Z. Mex dispatch and station personnel all did great job. Offloaded passenger and her traveling companion. Departed for aca.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DIVERTED FOR MEDICAL EMER IN MEXICAN AIRSPACE.

Narrative: TIME: XA19Z. ATC FACILITY: MEXICO CTR. LOCATION: TMN. FLT OF PAX FOR BOAT CRUISE CHARTER FROM DFW TO ACA. N OF CVM ADVISED BY #1 FLT ATTENDANT WE HAD AN ILL ELDERLY LADY, AGE 73, HEART PROBS AND DIABETIC. NO DOCTOR, BUT A NURSE ON ACFT. INFORMED BY CREW, LADY WAS IN GREAT PAIN, VERY PALE. NURSE THOUGHT POSSIBLE HEART PROB. ADVISED DISPATCH AND MEXICO CTR. LANDED MEX AT XA49Z. MEX DISPATCH AND STATION PERSONNEL ALL DID GREAT JOB. OFFLOADED PAX AND HER TRAVELING COMPANION. DEPARTED FOR ACA.

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.