Pilot incapacitation occurrences 2010–2014
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High capacity air transport<br />
In high capacity air transport operations (typically airlines), 1 pilots undergo<br />
extensive medical testing on a regular basis to ensure their fitness for duty.<br />
However, there are still instances where pilots may experience <strong>incapacitation</strong>.<br />
Over the 5-year period 2010 to 2014, 86 of the 113 flight crew <strong>incapacitation</strong>s<br />
were in high capacity air transport operations. This translates to about<br />
29 <strong>incapacitation</strong> <strong>occurrences</strong> per million departures (or 1 incident about<br />
every 34,000 flights).<br />
Half of the <strong>incapacitation</strong> <strong>occurrences</strong> were related to<br />
gastrointestinal illnesses, such as food poisoning or<br />
gastroenteritis.<br />
Source: Stock image<br />
1 Air transport high capacity are operations conducted in an aircraft that is certified as having a maximum<br />
capacity exceeding 38 seats, or having a maximum payload capability that exceeds 4,200 kg. Includes<br />
regular public transport (RPT) and charter operations.<br />
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