# Incident 20000612030339I: Lkheed 1011, Bermuda, June 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2000, 11:18 local time
- Place: Bermuda
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: BWIA
- Aircraft: BWA42 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1011
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000612030339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)BWA425 WAS ENROUTE FROM KJFK TO TTPP AT FL523, ON A523 AIRWAY, APPROXIMATELY 440 MILES SOUTH OF BERMUDA. AT 1518Z, THE CAPTAIN ADVISED ATC THAT A PASSENGER WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK AND REQUESTED A DESCENT TO FL280 AND RECLEARANCE TO BERMUDA.  THE ATC CONTROLLER DETERMINED THAT FLIGHT AA1670, A B722 ENROUTE FROM TJSJ TO KEWR TO FL350, WAS CONFLICTING OPPOSITE DIECTION TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT AUTHORIZE THE DESECENT.HE ADVISED BWA425 OF THE TRAFFIC.  BWA425 REPORTED THE TRAFFIC WAS IN SIGHT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BEGAN A DESCENT TO BERMUDA AFTER LEAVING FL330 AND DESCENT TO FL280.  BWA425 ARRIVED AT 1615Z.  ALL1670 DID NOT REPORT SEEING BWA425 OR NEED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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