Primera B738 near Billund on Nov 18th 2016, inflight meal incapacitates first officer
Last Update: January 26, 2017 / 15:45:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 18, 2016
Classification
Report
Airline
Primera Air Nordic
Flight number
PF-418
Departure
Lanzarote, Spain
Destination
Billund, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
YL-PSD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Denmark's Havarikomissionen (HCL) released their final report concluding the probable causes into the serious incident were:
Food poisoning most likely led to incapacitation of the first officer.
The HCL reported that the first officer was diagnosed with food poisoning and continued to vomit until about 4am the following day. The symptoms were similiar to an earlier case of food poisoning the first officer had endured 20 years earlier. The HCL wrote: "A chef subsequently informed the first officer that a part of her flight crew meal (cabbage stew) most likely was the source of the food poisoning. Because the cabbage grows in contact with soil, and since it most likely was only heated and not cooked during preparation, live microbiological bacteria might have been present in the hot meal. Nausea and repeated vomiting were typical reactions to food poisoning. The catering company, which prepared the hot meal, delivered seven identical hot meals to four different flights on the day of the serious incident. The catering company did not receive other reports of food poisoning related to the seven hot meals."
The HCL analysed:
Due to the symptoms and reactions of the first officer, food poisoning most likely led to the incapacitation of the first officer.
Even though, the catering company did not receive other reports regarding seven identical meals, the AIB considers the cabbage stew as the most likely source of the food poisoning.
Safety effect and risk mitigation implementation
The incapacitation of the first officer reduced the number of flight crew members below the minimum required. According to the operator’s procedures, it was an emergency.
With reference to the operator’s procedures, the commander made use of available internal (other crew members/automatic flight control) and external (ATC/medical assistance upon landing) resources which,
- reduced the overall on-board workload
- kept the on-board flight safety at an acceptable level
- made the medical assistance to the first officer effective.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 18, 2016
Classification
Report
Airline
Primera Air Nordic
Flight number
PF-418
Departure
Lanzarote, Spain
Destination
Billund, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
YL-PSD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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