Pilot Incapacitation - Air Transat Flight TS-186 (YYZ-PUJ) from Toronto, Canada to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (Nov.20, 2023) - pilot became incapacitated and was replaced by a pilot passenger

Incident: Transat A332 over Atlantic on Nov 20th 2023, pilot incapacitated

By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Nov 29th 2023 18:55Z, last updated Wednesday, Nov 29th 2023 18:55Z

An Air Transat Airbus A330-200, registration C-GUBD performing flight TS-186 from Toronto, ON (Canada) to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) with 299 people on board, was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean north of the Hispaniola Island (Dominican Republic and Haiti) when one of the flight crew members became incapacitated. The crew performed a descent to FL310 and continued to destination for a safe landing about one hour later.

The Canadian TSB reported: "A flight crew member became incapacitated approximately 3 hours into the flight. A company qualified pilot who was flying as a passenger replaced the incapacitated flight crew member and the aircraft continued to the intended destination without further incident."

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