25 May 2025 , 10:15
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An EasyJet flight, which was en route from Alicante, Spain, to Manchester had to turn to Gatwick due to a mid-air emergency involving one of the passengers’ health status.
Flight U25521 declared an emergency on board while flying over the southern British coast this morning.
The plane then changed its flight plan and landed at Gatwick airport at around 8:30 am on Sunday.
An easyJet spokesperson told Metro that a passenger required medical attention and that the plane was met by emergency services upon landing.
The spokesperson added: ‘Flight EZY5521 from Alicante to Manchester today, 25 May, has been required to divert to London Gatwick, due to a customer onboard requiring urgent medical attention.
‘The passenger was met in London Gatwick by medical services, and the flight is planned to continue to Manchester.
‘The safety and well-being of our customers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority.’
This diversion comes weeks after another easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool landed early at a northern Spanish airport due to a medical emergency on March 25.
There, attempts were made to ‘revive a 67-year-old passenger who was unconscious’.
Passengers then stayed at the Santiago-Rosalia de Castro Airport in Galicia overnight before heading home the next day.
A couple of weeks earlier, an easyJet pilot made an emergency diversion after families came to blows 30,000 feet in the air over a boy watching The Karate Kid too loudly.
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