EasyJet flight in mid-air emergency over UK as plane makes 200-mile diversion

The EasyJet formation from Amsterdam to Glasgow had to divert to Manchester connected Tuesday nighttime aft a rider connected committee the formation suffered an 'urgent' aesculapian episode, the hose said

A UK-bound formation was forced to divert to different airdrome much than 200 miles distant owed to a mid-air emergency.

The easyJet flight made an unscheduled landing astatine Manchester Airport aft a aesculapian occurrence connected committee successful which a rider needed "urgent aesculapian attention". The formation from Amsterdam to Glasgow connected Tuesday nighttime took disconnected from Schiphol Airport, but landed alternatively successful Manchester astatine 8.35pm.

Medics were on-hand to conscionable the rider needing help, earlier the craft took disconnected again astir 15 minutes later, landing successful the Scottish metropolis astatine 9.44pm, Daily Record reports.

A spokesperson for EasyJet said: “Flight EZY3174 from Amsterdam to Glasgow yesterday evening was required to divert to Manchester, owed to a lawsuit onboard requiring urgent aesculapian attention. The lawsuit was met by aesculapian services and the flight continued to Glasgow. The information and well-being of our customers and unit is ever easyJet’s highest priority.”

It comes 2 days aft different of the airline's formation from Egypt to Manchester had to marque an emergency landing this week aft the aviator reportedly collapsed. The level had been connected way from Hurghada erstwhile the situation struck, and the remaining aviator diverted to Athens.

Emergency vehicles waited for the level connected the runway successful Athens successful bid to dainty the different pilot. A passenger, who did not privation to beryllium named, told Mirror affiliate The Manchester Evening News they were 2 hours into the formation erstwhile they realised thing was wrong.

Cabin unit had been serving drinks erstwhile the rider recalled seeing them unreserved to the beforehand of the level wherever a antheral had collapsed. The rider added: "At archetypal we thought this whitethorn of been a rider arsenic thing overmuch was being said different than the screams asking if anyone is medically trained, wherever a fewer passengers got up and assisted the compartment crew."