PILOT INCAPACITATION - Cathay Pacific Flight CX101 (HKG-SYD) from Hong Kong to Sydney on Dec.11, 2023 - Captain felt unwell, crew turned around and returned to Hong Kong, landed safely 3hr later
PILOT INCAPACITATION - Cathay Pacific Flight CX101 (HKG-SYD) from Hong Kong to Sydney on Dec.11, 2023 - Captain felt unwell, crew turned around and returned to Hong Kong, landed safely 3hr later
Incident: Cathay Pacific A35K enroute on Dec 11th 2023, captain felt unwell
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Dec 14th 2023 19:38Z
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000, registration B-LXM performing flight CX-101 from Hong Kong (China) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute at FL390 about 80nm northnortheast of Manado (Indonesia) and about 1360nm southsoutheast of Hong Kong, just having completed a step climb from FL370 to FL390, when the crew decided to turn around and return to Hong Kong due to the captain feeling unwell. The aircraft descended to FL380 and landed safely back in Hong Kong about 3:07 hours after the decision to turn around.
The airline reported the captain felt unwell prompting the return to Hong Kong. Another crew took over upon landing and brought the passengers to Sydney.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Hong Kong for about 3 hours, then departed again and reached Sydney with a delay of about 9 hours.
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Pilot incapacitations & deaths on duty in 2023:
Dec.11, 2023 - Cathay Pacific Flight CX101 (HKG-SYD) from Hong Kong to Sydney - Captain felt unwell, crew turned around and returned to Hong Kong, landed safely 3 hr later
Dec.5, 2023 - Ryanair Flight RK-8528 (STN-OZZ) from London Stansted, UK, to Ouarzazate, Morocco - pilot felt unwell, crew diverted to Faro, Portugal, landed safely 30 min
Nov.29, 2023 - American Airlines Flight AA755 CDG-PHL, from Paris, France, to Philadelphia, PA, pilot had a seizure and collapsed in the cockpit.
Nov.26, 2023 - Ryanair Flight FR-3472 (LTN-RZE) from London Luton, UK to Rzeszow (Poland) on Nov.26, 2023, one of the pilots became incapacitated, plane diverted to Krakow and landed safely
Nov.20, 2023 - Air Transat Flight TS-186 (YYZ-PUJ) from Toronto, Canada to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - pilot became incapacitated and was replaced by a pilot passenger
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