200-Tatri aircraft fly without a pilot for 10 minutes: what we know about the 2024 incident

According to a Saturday report by the German news agency DPA, a Lufthansa plane flying from Germany to Spain was operated in 2024 without a pilot for 10 minutes. The horrific incident occurred on February 17, 2024, when one of the pilots lost consciousness in the cockpit, and another captain was using the bathroom alone in Cockpit. The saga of the middle-hwa came to light when the Airbus A321–199 passengers and six crew members had a route to Frankfurt, Germany to Sevile, Spain.What exactly happened that day?According to a senior pilot of 43 years, whose names were not mentioned in the report, he left his 38 -year -old colleague in charge while visiting the toilet, with a time of about 30 minutes. He saw that he looked competent and cautious before his allies departed.On returning after about eight minutes, the captain found that he could not enter the cockpit despite several efforts with the security code. When his intercom call did not get any response, the situation increased, the New York Post reported.In response to the concerned position, the captain resorted to using an emergency access code.The first officer re -achieved Chetna shortly after.According to the report, “Before the expiry of the emergency access code timer, the co-pilot manually opened the flight deck door manually,” the Captain immediately resumed the aircraft control.“As the co-pilot was yellow, sweating and moving strangely, the captain called the cabin crew to help. The co-pilot was given first aid by the crew and a doctor, traveling as a passenger and diagnosed with a possible heart condition.”The first officer later informed the authorities about uncertainty about their fainting period.“The disadvantage of consciousness was so sudden that he was unable to warn members of other crew members of his inequality.”

What did Lufthansa flight say?

The DPA reported that Lufthansa accepted the investigation report and confirmed their separate inquiry from their flight safety, although the results remained undeclared.The aircraft maintained a stable flight situation due to the attached autopylot, despite the input input unintentionally from the unconscious co-pilot. According to the DPA, the voice recorder documentation of unusual sounds within the cockpit, indicating a medical emergency.The Captain attempted access by using the standard door code five times, which activates a cockpit bajar for co-pilot response, but failed. A cabin crew member tried to reach the co-pilot through the internal communication system of the aircraft.Subsequently, the captain recorded an emergency access code for the autonomous door operation. However, the DPA reported that the unhealthy co-pilot succeeded in opening the door from inside before the automatic override became active.The captain later converted the aircraft into Madrid, where medical personnel participated in a local hospital co-pilot.