PILOT INCAPACITATION - LATAM Brasil Flight LA-3744 (BSB-JPA) Brasilia to Joao Pessoa on Jan.16, 2024 - Pilot Incapacitated, plane diverted to Salvador for safe landing (1st incident in 2024)
Incident: LATAM Brasil A320 near Salvador on Jan 16th 2024, captain incapacitated
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Jan 18th 2024 20:14Z
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MYW performing flight LA-3744 from Brasilia,DF to Joao Pessoa,PB (Brazil), was enroute at FL370 about to reach the top of descent into Joao Pessoa when the captain became incapacitated prompting the first officer to divert to Salvador,BA (Brasil) for a safe landing on runway 10 about 30 minutes later.
The aircraft continued to Joao Pessoa after about 4 hours on the ground.
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