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Brit flight full of holidaymakers suffers medical emergency as emergency services rush to meet it on the tarmac
A PACKED plane of British travellers was met by emergency services on the tarmac following a passenger suffering a medical emergency mid-flight.
The alarm was raised on the Jet2 aircraft, when the traveller began suffering “serious medical issues”.
The plane, travelling from London Stansted to Tenerife South, was prioritised on the Spanish runway, landing on the opposite side of the island following the emergency.
Flight staff contacted air traffic controllers on Friday, saying: “They [required] priority due to a passenger with serious medical issues on board”.
“We are shortening their arrival route, from the east of the island instead of the west, diverting traffic,” they said.
The flight landed just before 2.30pm.
Medical assistance met the crew and unwell passenger as the plane landed.
The air traffic controllers wished “the passenger a speedy recovery”.
No further details about the passenger or their condition have been released.
