Narrative:

Flight attendant called, prior to descent into atl, that an elderly woman had become unconscious and had difficulty breathing. I asked flight attendant what her recommendation was. And she said 'we need to be on the ground right now!' I declared an emergency, entered 7700, and requested an emergency approach into huntsville, al (hsv). Shortly thereafter, the flight attendant said a doctor had examined the lady and she had a steady pulse and normal respiration. We informed center, changed our destination to atl (with the doctor's concurrence) and landed. Paramedics met the aircraft at the gate and escorted the lady off.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR CAPT DECLARED AN EMER WITH ZTL AND INITIATED AN APCH TO HSV. IN THE INTERIM, THE FLT ATTENDANT FOUND A PHYSICIAN ONBOARD WHO SAID THE PAX COULD MAKE IT TO DEST, ATL.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT CALLED, PRIOR TO DSCNT INTO ATL, THAT AN ELDERLY WOMAN HAD BECOME UNCONSCIOUS AND HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING. I ASKED FLT ATTENDANT WHAT HER RECOMMENDATION WAS. AND SHE SAID 'WE NEED TO BE ON THE GND RIGHT NOW!' I DECLARED AN EMER, ENTERED 7700, AND REQUESTED AN EMER APCH INTO HUNTSVILLE, AL (HSV). SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE FLT ATTENDANT SAID A DOCTOR HAD EXAMINED THE LADY AND SHE HAD A STEADY PULSE AND NORMAL RESPIRATION. WE INFORMED CTR, CHANGED OUR DEST TO ATL (WITH THE DOCTOR'S CONCURRENCE) AND LANDED. PARAMEDICS MET THE ACFT AT THE GATE AND ESCORTED THE LADY OFF.

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.