Pilot incapacitation - Curt Lewis

Incident: Thomson B738 near Sofia on Oct 8th 2017, medical emergency possibly involving pilot

A Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800, registration G-TAWC performing flight BY-1714 from Newcastle,EN (UK) to Larnaca (Cyprus), was enroute at FL370 about 110nm northwest of Sofia (Bulgaria) when the crew initiated a diversion to Sofia reporting a sick passenger on board. The aircraft landed safely on Sofia's runway 27 about 25 minutes later. Passengers reported flight attendants rushed to the cockpit with oxygen bottles in flight. A pilot appeared to have collapsed in the cockpit and was laying on the floor. After landing paramedics went to the cockpit, wheeled one of the pilots out of the cockpit, took him to an ambulance and took him away. About 3 hours after landing they were taken to hotels, the flight was postponed to the next day. The aircraft remained on the ground over the night, continued the flight after about 21 hours on the ground and reached Larnaca with a total delay of 22 hours.