Pilot unconscious, plane kept flying without a pilot

Pilot unconscious, plane carrying 199 passengers including six crew members continued to fly without a pilot
Frankfurt (ClickdailyNews) A German passenger plane continued to fly without a pilot for 10 minutes because one of its pilots had gone to the toilet while the other pilot had fallen unconscious.

The captain returned from the bathroom and used the general code to open the cockpit door, which sounds an alarm in the cockpit, but despite five attempts, the door could not be opened. Later, a cabin crew member also tried to communicate through the intercom, but failed. Finally, the captain opened the cockpit door using the emergency code and immediately took control of the plane.

According to foreign media reports, a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Spain continued to fly in the air without a pilot for 10 minutes, while the only ‘co-pilot’ in the cockpit was unconscious.

According to the German news agency, the 43-year-old captain of the plane had gone to the toilet when the 38-year-old co-pilot of the Airbus A321 fell unconscious.

According to the report, there were 199 passengers and six crew members on board the plane, which flew in the air without a pilot for about 10 minutes.

According to the report, although the unconscious co-pilot apparently unintentionally operated the controls, the plane was able to continue flying stably thanks to the active autopilot.

The report said that the co-pilot unintentionally moved the plane’s controls while unconscious. During the incident, the air traffic controller tried to contact the co-pilot three times, but received no response.

Pilot unconscious, plane kept flying without a pilot