A flight from Tenerife to Nottingham was diverted to Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport in Spain after a passenger suffered a fatal medical emergency. The aircraft, operated by Loganair, was forced to land shortly after takeoff when the crew reported a passenger experiencing a severe medical situation.
A flight from Tenerife to the UK was diverted to the Spanish mainland on Friday evening after a passenger suffered a fatal medical emergency. The plane, bound for Nottingham, departed from the Canary Island at 7:05 pm when an emergency was declared, according to local newspaper Diario de Avisos. The crew of flight LS676 alerted air traffic control that a man on board was experiencing a severe medical emergency and required urgent medical attention.
The aircraft was forced to land at Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport in order to get the man into the care of emergency services. The local paper reported: 'A flight on route from Tenerife South to Nottingham was diverted on Friday afternoon to Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport due to the illness of a passenger, who eventually died. 'The flight crew reported they had a passenger with serious medical problems on board and needed to be urgently diverted to the Compostela airport. 'An ambulance from the Galician Health Emergency Service-061 was sent to the terminal in the Galician capital, whose medical staff confirmed the death of a man in his 70s.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY AIRPLANE DIVERSTION SPAIN TENERIFE
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