AD8803 - Incident: Azul A339 over Atlantic on Jul 25th 2025
Created Saturday, Jul 26th 2025 17:46Z, last updated Saturday, Jul 26th 2025 17:46Z
An Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-900, registration PR-ANX performing flight AD-8803 from Porto (Portugal) to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil), was enroute at FL380 over the Atlantic nearing the coast of Brazil when the crew decided to divert to Recife,PE (Brazil) after one of the pilots became incapacitated. The aircraft landed safely on Recife's runway 18.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Recife for medical support of one of the crew members.
The aircraft departed Recife after about 105 minutes on the ground and reached Viracopos with a delay of 3 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald