The first officer on a flight operated by German airline Lufthansa lost consciousness for about 10 minutes while the captain was away from the flight deck, leaving the plane to fly itself. The ...

Lufthansa faces the prospect of pilot walkout after the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union began a strike ballot on Friday, a ...

A commercial plane co-pilot fainted while the captain was in the restroom last year, leading to the plane flying without a pilot for 10 minutes. German media said the plane was able to fly on its own ...

BERLIN, Germany — 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, German news agency dpa reported on Saturday.

Negotiators for Germany's Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots' union have applied to their ... but the talks concerning 4,800 employees did not produce a result. VC's view is that Lufthansa failed to make ...

A Lufthansa first officer lost consciousness for about 10 minutes while alone on the flight deck. The incident occurred on a flight from Frankfurt to Seville on Feb. 17, 2024, with 199 passengers and ...