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A B757 flight attendant reported that the first officer became so incapacitated on a flight from fll to lax that the captain diverted to dfw.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 623956 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : d10.tracon |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d10.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 21 flight attendant time total : 21 flight attendant time type : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 623956 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Captain called to inform us that we would be diverting to dfw because of a medical emergency in the cockpit. The first officer was having severe back spasms, sweating profusely, non verbal. We landed without incident. No medical treatment was offered to the first officer per our captain. I feel, we should have been able to offer medical assistance, however, we were on the ground in 10 mins.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT THE FO BECAME SO INCAPACITATED ON A FLT FROM FLL TO LAX THAT THE CAPT DIVERTED TO DFW.
Narrative: CAPT CALLED TO INFORM US THAT WE WOULD BE DIVERTING TO DFW BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL EMER IN THE COCKPIT. THE FO WAS HAVING SEVERE BACK SPASMS, SWEATING PROFUSELY, NON VERBAL. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS OFFERED TO THE FO PER OUR CAPT. I FEEL, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, HOWEVER, WE WERE ON THE GND IN 10 MINS.
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.