An Iberia flight from Lima, Peru, to Madrid, Spain, had to be diverted to the Canary Islands this Holy Thursday due to a medical emergency. A doctor who was on board assisted him and advised his immediate admission to a hospital.
According to the Twitter account of the Spanish air traffic controllers, the Iberia Airbus A350 registered EC-NXD operating flight IB6650 from Lima to Madrid had to be diverted to the Gran Canaria airport because the crew reported that a passenger with serious medical problems was on board. Fortunately, there was a doctor on board who advised transfer to a hospital as soon as possible.
The air traffic controllers of the Canary Islands facilitated the descent of the plane and the manoeuvre was cut short as much as possible while medical attention on the ground was coordinated.
After the sick passenger was taken to a hospital, the aircraft resumed its flight to Madrid, where it landed with a delay of 1 hour 40 minutes.
Source: El Dia, Flightradar24, Twitter
This post was published on 6 April 2023 23:12
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