An Airbus A321 operated by German airline Lufthansa relied entirely on its autopilot system when the first officer lost ...

For roughly 10 minutes, 199 passengers and six crew members were aboard a Lufthansa aircraft being flown solely by automation ...

On airplanes, the “flag law” applies, meaning the legal system of the country where the airplane is registered governs the ...

Unmanned cockpit incident forces Lufthansa plane to land in Madrid after co-pilot collapses mid-flight en route from ...

A flight went on without a pilot for 10 minutes as the lone copilot at the time had fainted while the captain was in the ...

The co-pilot of a Lufthansa flight lost consciousness while the captain was using the bathroom, and the plane flew for about ...

Autopilot was already activated during that 10-minute window, and the co-pilot's loss of consciousness did not impact the ...

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 flight experienced a incident on Feb. 17, 2024, when a copilot fainted alone while the captain was on a restroom break.

A Lufthansa plane flew for 10 minutes with no pilot and over 200 on board after the copilot fainted while alone in the ...

When a Lufthansa first officer lost consciousness while the captain was away from the cockpit, autopilot was the only thing ...

The Lufthansa pilot was briefly locked out of the cockpit when his co-pilot had a seizure while he was in the bathroom. The ...