The Lufthansa pilot was briefly locked out of the cockpit when his co-pilot had a seizure while he was in the bathroom. The ...

When a crew member tried to contact the co-pilot from the intercom, there was no response. The captain then used the emergency ... or maintaining medical fitness to fly." Lufthansa did not ...

During this time, the co-pilot suffered a seizure due to an undiagnosed neurological condition, leaving him unresponsive. As a result, the aircraft, carrying 199 passengers and six crew members, flew ...

For roughly 10 minutes, 199 passengers and six crew members were aboard a Lufthansa aircraft being flown solely by automation ...

A Lufthansa plane carrying 205 people had no pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted, a report has revealed. The ...

As Business Insider reports, a Lufthansa flight traveling from Frankfurt, Germany to Seville, Spain was left pilot-less for ...

When a Lufthansa first officer lost consciousness while the captain was away from the cockpit, autopilot was the only thing ...

Autopilot was already activated during that 10-minute window, and the co-pilot's loss of consciousness did not impact the safety of the flight, the investigation found.

On airplanes, the “flag law” applies, meaning the legal system of the country where the airplane is registered governs the ...

When a crew member tried to contact the co-pilot from the intercom, there was no response. The captain then used the emergency ... or maintaining medical fitness to fly." Lufthansa did not ...