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EasyJet flight from Tenerife to UK forced to make emergency landing after passenger, 67, falls unconscious on board

Published on March 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM

AN EASYJET plane from Tenerife to Liverpool was forced to make an emergency landing after an elderly passenger fell unconscious on board.

The pilot put out an urgent request for any doctors or nurses onboard to come forward before it made its unscheduled landing at Santiago-Rosalia de Castro Airport in Galicia.

EasyJet plane taxiing on airport runway.
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EasyJet Airbus A320-214 taxiing at Prague Airport.
An easyJet plane from Tenerife to Liverpool was forced to make an emergency landing after an elderly passenger fell unconscious on board

Air traffic controllers revealed the plane diverted as attempts were made to “revive a 67-year-old passenger who was unconscious.”;

It was not immediately clear today if the woman who fell ill was British and her current condition is not known.

Passengers on board were put up in local hotels for the night before continuing their onward journeys home.

Confirmation of the travel scare comes after a British woman was evacuated by helicopter from a cruise ship after suffering a heart emergency.

The passenger was rushed by air ambulance to the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital in Vigo near Galicia’s southern border with Portugal needing urgent attention.

The holidaymaker had been enjoying a trip on the Sky Princess boat when she fell ill five miles off Cape Silleiro, north-east Spain.

The huge leisure ship, with a 3,660 capacity, had recently left Vigo and was bound for Funchal, on the island of Madeira.

A Pesca 1 helicopter from Spain's coastguard fleet was scrambled to rescue the gravely ill Brit.

The passenger who fell ill on board the easyJet plane is understood to have been travelling with her husband and a friend.

An easyJet spokesman said: “An easyJet spokesperson said: “Flight EZY3366 from Tenerife to Liverpool on Tuesday evening was required to divert to Santiago–Rosalia de Castro where it was met by paramedics due to a customer onboard requiring urgent medical attention.”;

Air traffic controllers said in a message posted on X: “The crew of the flight from Tenerife South to Liverpool informed us that they needed to urgently divert to the airport at Santiago because they were trying to revive a 67-year-old female passenger who was unconscious.

“We facilitated a continuous descent and approach to runway 35 while medical care on the ground was coordinated with the airport.

“We wish the passenger a speedy recovery.”;

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