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

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 ...

German news agency dpa has reported that a Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit ...

A Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without ... the aircraft was able to continue flying in a stable manner thanks to the active autopilot. During this time period, the voice recorder ...

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

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