Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“A Lufthansa flight was flown by autopilot when the co-pilot, alone in the cockpit as the pilot had stepped away to use the bathroom, fainted, Spanish investigators said in a report about an incident last year that was released on Saturday. The Airbus A321 flew without a pilot in charge for 10 minutes, the Spanish accident investigation authority CIAIAC said of the flight on February 17, 2024 from Frankfurt to Seville. Lufthansa confirmed it was aware of the report and said its flight safety department had conducted an extensive internal investigation into the incident.” (05/17/25)