PILOT INCAPACITATION - Lufthansa Flight LH-1140 (FRA-SVQ) Frankfurt to Seville on Feb.17, 2024 - First Officer Incapacitated, plane turned around back to Madrid (2nd incident in 2024)
Incident: Lufthansa A321 near Madrid on Feb 17th 2024, first officer unwell
By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Feb 17th 2024 17:03Z, last updated Saturday, Feb 17th 2024 17:03Z
A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISO performing flight LH-1140 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Seville,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL350 about 40nm southsouthwest of Madrid,SP (Spain) when the crew requested to urgently divert to Madrid reporting the first officer was feeling unwell. The aircraft turned around and landed safely on Madrid's runway 32L about 18 minutes later.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Madrid for about 5.5 hours then continued the journey and reached Seville with a delay of about 5.5 hours.
