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<\/p>\nA Ryanair flight to Leeds Bradford Airport was forced to divert mid-air to Bristol after an emergency on board saw a woman fall ill.<\/p>\n
The plane set off from Malaga, Spain, on Tuesday at 10.50pm and was due to arrive in Leeds on Wednesday at 12.50am.<\/p>\n
A woman on board reportedly collapsed as the plane passed over France, arriving in Bristol 14 minutes later after a spontaneous diversion.<\/p>\n
Images shared online depict ambulance crews outside the plane at Bristol Airport to respond to the emergency.<\/p>\n
One passenger told Leeds Live the flight was grounded for some 90 minutes before it took off again at 12.45am, arriving at its intended destination in Leeds at around 2.30am.<\/p>\n
The passenger said Ryanair staff were “very professional”, but you could hear the “panic in their voices”.<\/p>\n
He added how the experience was “tiring” for all those on the flight.<\/p>\n
The passenger said: “It was a little worrying as it was a night flight, so very peaceful, so that was the last thing to expect. <\/p>\n
One passenger said he could hear the ‘panic in their voices’ of those aboard the Ryanair plane<\/p>\n
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“The staff were very professional, although you could hear the panic in their voices. <\/p>\n
“The lady was taken off the flight at Bristol and the flight then took off again to Leeds. <\/p>\n
“Was pretty tiring by the time we arrived.”<\/p>\n
Details of the woman’s condition have not been confirmed, although it is believed she was taken to a nearby hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n
A Ryanair spokesman confirmed the incident, detailing a passenger had become unwell and the plane had to be diverted to Bristol Airport, where it was met by medical assistance.<\/p>\n
The statement read: \u201cThis flight from Malaga to Leeds Bradford (12 May) diverted to Bristol after a passenger became ill on board. <\/p>\n
“Crew called ahead for medical assistance to meet the aircraft upon landing at Bristol Airport.<\/p>\n
“The passenger was disembarked and transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment. <\/p>\n
“This flight continued to Leeds Bradford at 12.45am local time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Ryanair flight to Leeds Bradford Airport was forced to divert mid-air to Bristol after an emergency on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":960791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[113921,748,393,4884,1860,12,16,15,2302],"class_list":{"0":"post-960790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-across-the-uk","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-yorkshire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116576744040250542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}