EasyJet passenger suffers ‘heart attack’ on London-bound flight as cabin crew seen giving CPR before emergency landing
A FLIGHT to the UK had to make an emergency landing after a man suffered a medical episode mid-air.
Cabin crew rushed to give the passenger CPR after it’s believed he suffered a heart attack on board en route from Faro to London.
A witness told The Sun the plane – which took off at 10am – was diverted to Madrid to make an emergency landing around 20 minutes into the flight.
When the plane ground to a halt, the stricken man was taken off by paramedics.
A spokesman for easyJet confirmed the flight was forced to land as a passenger had been taken ill.
They told The Sun: “easyJet can confirm that flight EZY2452 from Faro to Luton diverted to Madrid due to a passenger requiring urgent medical assistance.
“The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is easyJet’s highest priority.”
It comes after another easyJet flight made an emergency landing after the pilot fell ill.
The plane that took off from London Gatwick just after 6.30am on April 21 was heading to Agadir in Morocco but had to be diverted almost 500 miles away.
The co-pilot is said to have landed the aircraft with 100 people on board to Faro in Portugal.
The flight was due to arrive at 9.25am local time.
Online flight trackers showed the Airbus A320’s unscheduled stop following the mid-air alert.