Delta Boeing 777 Flight Forced To Divert As Pilot Gets Incapacitated

Outstanding work with only three onboard and the need to use a defibrulator on one of them. Dropping down from altitude while working on their colleague required amazing teamwork by the Captain and first or second officer. Normally if you are forced to use that device you need to be providing respiratory support. Coming down from FL400 while your mate working on their colleague must have tightened a couple of sphincters A 777 is not an F-16 but whichever one was flying certainly handled the aircraft as such. Note 3 minute taxi time. Probably had the door open before brakes were lost. Bravo Zulu.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL3343/history/20200521/0950Z/EDDF/CYQM/tracklog

There are times, such as this, that I miss having a flight engineer up front.

If they had to use the defibrillator, the patient most likely was flat on the floor. The person handling the defibrillator had to be at such an angle that the paddles could be applied to the correct chest area without him touching the patient. To say flight decks are cramped is a gross understatement. They likely got him out of his seat, on the floor, applied the defib, administered oxygen if available, and hang on to him as the pilot did a carrier deck landing. Would love to hear the communications between the plane and the tower.

By the way, MASSIVE KUDOS the the pilot and additional first officer for a seemingly smooth and quick emergency landing, obviously professionally and empathtically done, through what was probably mayhem.

At times, descending at over 5600 feet per minute. That's some rate of descent. Good job there was no SLC in the back. There'd have been some medical attention needed there too.

Outstanding piece of teamwork and I hope they're all ok,

Incredibly skilled professionals. I hope the Captain is recovering nicely

What happened to the first officer, is he ok?