{"id":137306,"date":"2026-07-29T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/137306\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:40:10","slug":"easyjet-flight-minutes-after-take-off-over-passenger-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/137306\/","title":{"rendered":"EasyJet flight minutes after take-off over passenger medical emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An easyJet flight from Manchester to Copenhagen was diverted shortly after take-off due to a passenger requiring urgent medical attention [National news]<\/p>\n<p>Kirstie McCrum and Ashlie Blakey<\/p>\n<p>17:13, 29 Jul 2026Updated 18:24, 29 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An orange and white commercial airplane is parked on the runway at an airport, with its nose gear retracted and engines in operation.\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785354009_775_0_Warnings-About-Europes-Jet-Fuel-Supplies-As-Iran-War-Disrupts-Oil-Shipments.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The urgent diversion was made because a passenger required urgent medical attention, easyJet said\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The urgent diversion was made because a passenger required urgent medical attention, easyJet said(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A flight from Manchester Airport made an urgent diversion following an incident on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a aria-label=\"easyJetLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/easyjet\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">easyJet<\/a> flight departed as scheduled on Tuesday (July 28) bound for Copenhagen. However, shortly after take-off, the aircraft had to be diverted to Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The urgent diversion was made because a passenger required urgent medical attention, easyJet said. The flight was met by emergency services upon landing at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The flight from Manchester was diverted to Newcastle\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785354010_210_0_Flight-divertedJPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The flight from Manchester was diverted to Newcastle\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The flight from Manchester was diverted to Newcastle(Image: Flightradar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Once the passenger was handed over to the care of medics, the flight continued on to Copenhagen, reports <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/manchester-easyjet-flight-makes-urgent-34369331\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">the Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for easyJet said: &#8220;Flight EZY2237 from Manchester to Copenhagen yesterday diverted to Newcastle, due to a customer onboard requiring urgent medical attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The customer was met by medical services on arrival and the flight continued to Copenhagen. The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet&#8217;s highest priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An easyJet flight from Manchester to Copenhagen was diverted shortly after take-off due to a passenger requiring urgent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[108,1365,1412,1413],"class_list":["post-137306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-copenhagen","tag-copenhagen","tag-easyjet","tag-transport","tag-travel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117004968159835613","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}