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Pilot report, B737-300, ewr-clt. Woman had congestive heart failure, passenger medical doctor intervention. Divert to gso. Passenger died on jetway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 486451 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zdc.artcc |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| 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 |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 486451 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab #1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
A flight attendant advised us that a passenger was ill, traveling with a daughter. A doctor was onboard and advised us a need to divert. The passenger suffered congestive heart failure and necrotic neuroma. Oxygen provided. Fire and rescue and local emergency medical service removed the passenger in gso to jetway and tried to resuscitate. The passenger died about XA00 on the jetway. The flight was from ewr to clt with diversion to gso. The flight continued to clt at XB30. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that they were flying a B737-300. It was an older woman who died, traveling with an adult daughter with whom she was going to live with. They tried everything to resuscitate the woman on the jetway. They took a delay on the ground to replace the medical kit and the oxygen bottles used.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT RPT, B737-300, EWR-CLT. WOMAN HAD CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, PAX MEDICAL DOCTOR INTERVENTION. DIVERT TO GSO. PAX DIED ON JETWAY.
Narrative: A FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED US THAT A PAX WAS ILL, TRAVELING WITH A DAUGHTER. A DOCTOR WAS ONBOARD AND ADVISED US A NEED TO DIVERT. THE PAX SUFFERED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND NECROTIC NEUROMA. OXYGEN PROVIDED. FIRE AND RESCUE AND LCL EMER MEDICAL SVC REMOVED THE PAX IN GSO TO JETWAY AND TRIED TO RESUSCITATE. THE PAX DIED ABOUT XA00 ON THE JETWAY. THE FLT WAS FROM EWR TO CLT WITH DIVERSION TO GSO. THE FLT CONTINUED TO CLT AT XB30. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING A B737-300. IT WAS AN OLDER WOMAN WHO DIED, TRAVELING WITH AN ADULT DAUGHTER WITH WHOM SHE WAS GOING TO LIVE WITH. THEY TRIED EVERYTHING TO RESUSCITATE THE WOMAN ON THE JETWAY. THEY TOOK A DELAY ON THE GND TO REPLACE THE MEDICAL KIT AND THE OXYGEN BOTTLES USED.
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.