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 ...

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 ...

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

The incident occurred while the Lufthansa aircraft was traveling from Frankfurt, Germany to Seville, Spain on Feb. 17, 2024 ...

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

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.