1996-01 · NASA ASRS report 325488
FLC MAKES AN UNSCHEDULED LNDG FOR THE BENEFIT OF AN ILL PAX.
FLT BB FROM DENVER TO JACKSON HOLE; WY; WAS A SCHEDULED PART 135 FLT THAT DEPARTED DENVER AT CC20 AM ON JAN/DD/96. 50 MI NW OF DENVER THE FLT WAS DIVERTED TO LARAMIE; WY; AFTER A JUMPSEATER (ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBER) FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE SAID HE HAD THE RUNS AND HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM (NO BATHROOM ON A BE19). THE FLT LANDED IN LARAMIE AND THE JUMPSEATER USED THE RESTROOMS. THE FLT CONTINUED FROM LARIMIE TO JACKSON HOLE AND WAS UNEVENTFUL. QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMPANY AS TO THE SECURITY OF THE FLT AROSE IN THIS SIT; HENCE THE NASA FORMS ARE BEING FILLED OUT BY THE CREW. DIVERSION TO UNSECURED FIELD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WAS MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE IN HIGHER MGMNT MAKING MORE OUT OF THE INCIDENT THAN WHAT WAS WARRANTED. PLT'S PROGRAM MGR THREATENED HIM THAT HE WOULD BE LOSING HIS JOB. WHEN PLT'S MGR LEARNED THAT THE ACFT WAS ALWAYS WATCHED OVER AND NEVER LEFT ALONE; AND THE PAX AND CARGO LOAD WAS NEVER CHANGED; NOTHING FURTHER WAS EVER SAID ABOUT THE UNSCHEDULED LNDG. PLT WAS COUNSELED REGARDING HIS SECURITY PROCS TO GIVE HIM THE PEACE OF MIND OF KNOWING THAT ALL PROPER PROCS WERE FOLLOWED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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