ON APCH COMMUTER FLC NOTIFIED OF SICK PAX. CONTACTED ATC REQUESTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET ACFT.
Synopsis
ON APCH COMMUTER FLC NOTIFIED OF SICK PAX. CONTACTED ATC REQUESTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET ACFT.
Narrative
FLT DEPARTED EAU. THE FLT PROCEEDED NORMALLY TO DEST OF MSP. FLT CONDITIONS WERE VFR; NO TURB; NO UNAUTHORIZED FLT MANEUVERS WERE PERFORMED. ON DOWNWIND BASE LEG INTO MSP; THE COCKPIT RECEIVED A BELL CHIME FROM FLT ATTENDANT. IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED BECAUSE OF STERILE COCKPIT REQUIREMENTS (FAA). AFTER 2 MORE CHIMES FROM FLT ATTENDANT FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE EMER LIGHT; I PROCEEDED TO CONTACT THE FLT ATTENDANT BY COCKPIT HEADSET AND INTERPHONE. AFTER NUMEROUS FAILED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE FLT ATTENDANT; I THEN OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR TO FIND A PAX IN MEDICAL DISTRESS. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED MSP APCH WITH AN ONBOARD MEDICAL SITUATION. MEDICAL PERSONNEL WERE REQUESTED TO MEET THE ACFT WHEN WE LANDED. ON LNDG WE EXITED THE ACFT ABEAM OUR GATE ASSIGNMENT TO EXPEDITE OUR TAXI TO THE GATE. WE SHUT DOWN THE ACFT; THE DOOR WAS OPENED. MEDICAL PERSONNEL IMMEDIATELY ENTERED THE ACFT AND TOOK CHARGE OF THE MEDICAL SITUATION. THE PAX WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.