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Lufthansa flight flew without a pilot for 10 minutes after copilot fainted, report finds
A Lufthansa flight with 205 people on board went without a pilot for 10 minutes last year after the copilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, according to a new report from Spain’s accident investigation authority.
A Lufthansa flight with 205 people on board went without a pilot for 10 minutes last year after the copilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, according to a new report from Spain’s accident investigation authority. The captain had briefly left the cockpit to use the lavatory when the copilot fainted during a flight from Frankfurt to Seville, Spain, on February 17, 2024, said the report from the agency, called CIAIAC. An investigation determined that the copilot’s incapacitation was the symptom of a pre-existing neurological condition that he did not know he had and that had not been picked up during his aeronautical medical examination, the report said.
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