A flight bound for New York’s JFK Airport has been diverted 3,000 miles to Manchester Airport after a passenger suffered a medical emergency on board
A US-bound flight has been diverted 3,000 miles to Manchester after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The Condor flight took off from Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday morning bound for John F Kennedy Airport but was spotted circling over Merseyside in the afternoon. Officials at Manchester Airport have now confirmed pilots had to stop after a passenger fell ill on the flight.
According to Flight Radar, the Condor flight left Frankfurt at 11.45am and is scheduled to land in Manchester at 2.52pm. The plane was spotted circling over Merseyside on Wednesday, Liverpool ECHO reports, as people took to social media to question what was going on.
A spokesperson for Condor said: “There was a medical incident with a guest on board flight DE2016 from Frankfurt to New York-JFK today. The cabin crew is trained to handle such situations and took all necessary measures and informed the airport immediately.
“The flight was diverted to Manchester as a precautionary measure, where medical staff were on standby and the guest was handed over to the care of the medical staff. The flight will be continued to New York-JFK afterwards.”
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