LUFTHANSA: 10 MINUTES WITHOUT A PILOT - INCIDENT KEPT SECRET FOR A YEAR
On February 17, 2024, a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Seville flew for nearly 10 minutes with no pilot at the controls. The co-pilot, alone in the cockpit while the captain was in the lavatory, suffered a sudden and severe medical episode. The Airbus <https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbusgroup/> A321, carrying 199 passengers and six crew, stayed in stable autopilot-but there was no response to repeated calls from air traffic control. The captain, locked out, tried five times to re-enter using the standard code before triggering emergency override access. By the time the door opened, the co-pilot was regaining consciousness. A doctor on board assisted, and the flight was diverted to Madrid. And yet, the public heard nothing until now. Lufthansa <https://www.linkedin.com/company/lufthansa/> and Spanish authorities kept the incident under wraps for over a year, until the release of the hashtag#CIAIAC <https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23ciaiac&origin=HASH _TAG_FROM_FEED> 's official investigation report in May 2025. The cause? An undiagnosed neurological condition. The co-pilot's pilot license has since been suspended. This rare but serious event has reignited debate around aviation safety. Should airlines reinstate the two-person cockpit rule during flight?
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