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Birmingham Airport Jet2 Flight Declares Mid-Air Emegency
Passengers were stranded for 13 hours after the aircraft diverted, and emergency crews treated the pilot before a replacement flight continued to Birmingham.
- On Friday, Jet2 flight LS1266 from Tenerife to Birmingham diverted to Porto, Portugal, after a pilot fell ill mid-flight, with the Airbus A321 touching down at Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport at 2.11am.
- The diversion occurred at 30,000ft after the pilot suffered a medical emergency; while passengers reported a heart attack, Jet2 stated the pilot felt unwell, stressing safety was not compromised.
- Panic unfolded for the 220 passengers as hostesses, visibly distressed, searched for a doctor while the aircraft descended rapidly and crew ran through the aisles during the emergency landing.
- Passengers remained stranded at Porto Airport for 13 hours with minimal support, receiving only £10 in spending money, with some including passenger Millie Douglass's grandmother sleeping on the floor.
- Jet2 flew a replacement pilot from Manchester to assist passengers in completing their journey, offering free switches to any of 14 UK destinations and apologizing for the unforeseen delay.
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Passengers ‘awaken to chaos’ as their flight careens into a desperate emergency landing for the one person who shouldn’t get sick on a plane
A flight from Tenerife to Birmingham, England, took a sharp turn into the unexpected when a pilot experienced a sudden medical emergency, forcing the aircraft to make a landing in Porto, Portugal. According to PEOPLE, the Jet2 flight, identified as Flight LS1266, was diverted in the early hours of Friday, May 22. Flight tracking data from Flight Aware indicates that the diversion happened a little more than three hours into the journey. A spokes…
A pilot who covered the route between Tenerife and Birmingham of the Jet2 company suffered a heart attack in mid-flight, which forced to activate the emergency protocols and to...
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