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

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 ...

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.

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

A Lufthansa flight flew for more than 10 minutes without a conscious pilot last year, according to a report conducted by the Spanish accident investigation ... Lufthansa's flight safety department ...