{"id":219478,"date":"2025-05-18T22:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/this-airbus-a321-flew-without-a-pilot-first-officer-seizure\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T22:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:15:49","slug":"this-airbus-a321-flew-without-a-pilot-for-10-minutes-as-first-officer-suffers-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=219478","title":{"rendered":"This Airbus A321 Flew Without A Pilot For 10 Minutes As First Officer Suffers Seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Lufthansa<\/a><\/span> Airbus A321-200 aircraft en route to Seville, Spain, flew without a pilot for approximately ten minutes after the first officer suffered a seizure. This occurred shortly after the captain had temporarily left the cockpit. Upon returning and discovering the first officer incapacitated, the captain took control of the Airbus A321 and diverted the flight to Madrid Airport (MAD).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The incident highlighted the benefits of having another authorized person in the cockpit when one of the two pilots leaves the cockpit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[582,396,476,1009,734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-a321","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-incident","category-lufthansa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t