AN F100 FLT CREW DECLARE AN EMER AND LAND AT DFW DUE TO AN ILL PAX.

Date: 2003-12 · Aircraft: Fokker 100

Anomalies: flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-illness-injury

Synopsis

AN F100 FLT CREW DECLARE AN EMER AND LAND AT DFW DUE TO AN ILL PAX.

Narrative

ENRTE; A PAX COMPLAINED OF HEART BEAT IRREGULARITIES AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. SHE HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM A PULMONARY EDEMA. SHE RPTED THE DOCTOR HAD CLRED HER TO FLY. WE STARTED HER ON OXYGEN AND DSNDED FROM FL350 TO FL240 TO REDUCE THE CABIN ALT. PASSING 10000 FT SHE RPTED MORE PALPITATIONS AND BEGAN TO PANIC. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. PARAMEDICS WERE DISPATCHED; BUT TO THE WRONG GATE. AFTER 7 MINS THE ERROR WAS RECTIFIED AND THEY PUT THE LADY ON A STRETCHER AND WHEELED HER AWAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FLT ATTENDANTS FOR A SUPERB JOB. THEY WERE EXCELLENT COMMUNICATORS AND WERE CALM AND PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT. FO DID AN AWESOME JOB FLYING THE ACFT. HIS OUTSTANDING AIRMANSHIP ALLOWED ME TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PROB AT HAND. DFW RAMP COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL. I BELIEVE RAMP OPS WAS THE ONE WHO TRACKED DOWN THE PARAMEDICS AND SENT THEM OUR WAY. DFW APCH AND TWR AGAIN SHOWED WHY THEY ARE THE BEST. THANK YOU ALL.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.