ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362522
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| Date: | Friday 8 January 1993 |
| Time: | 21:37 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-222 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N601UA |
| MSN: | 21862/2 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | none N/A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 208 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Denver, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Newark, NJ (KEWR) |
| San Francisco, CA (SFO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT EN ROUTE FROM NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, THE FIRST OFFICER SUFFERED A GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND WAS INCAPABLE OF CONTINUING HIS DUTIES. A COMPANY PILOT RIDING AS A PASSENGER CAME TO THE FLIGHT DECK AND ASSUMED THE FIRST OFFICER'S DUTIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE THE INCAPACITATED FIRST OFFICER WAS REMOVED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.
Probable Cause: MEDICAL INCAPACITATION OF THE FIRST OFFICER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN93IA025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 07:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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