Serious incident to the Airbus A320 registered HB-IJP and operated by Swiss on 26/08/2018 at Nice [Investigatrion delegated to STSB / Swiss by BEA]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Swiss authorities:

Medical incapacitation of captain during final approach; first officer landed aircraft on runway 04L.

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General information
Local date	26/08/2018
Responsible entity	Switzerland - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - France - 06 Alpes-Maritimes
Location	vers AD Nice
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2018-0642

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	Switzerland - Swiss International Air Lines Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	HB-IJP
State of registry	Switzerland
Last departure point	Switzerland - LSZH (ZRH): Zurich
Planned destination	France - LFMN (NCE): Nice Côte-d'Azur
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	681
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.