EasyJet pilot faints mid-flight forcing plane to make emergency landing

The incident happened today on a plane with 193 passengers on board.

An easyJet co-pilot has reportedly been rushed to hospital after fainting on a flight from London to Lisbon.

The incident happened today on a plane with 193 passengers on board.

It was not immediately clear what airport the plane had left from, although it is thought to have been London Luton.

Local reports are saying the pilot landed the aircraft without any problems and his colleague was attended to by paramedics on the runway before being taken to Lisbon’s Santa Maria Hospital.

EasyJet has been approached for a comment.

A Ryanair plane had to make an emergency landing at Faro Airport last December after the pilot fell ill.

The aircraft was heading from London Stansted to Morocco.

The pilot told passengers before landing that he wasn’t feeling well and the diversion triggered a ‘red alert’ at the airport.

Last April a packed easyJet plane heading to Agadir in Morocco from London Gatwick had to divert to Faro.

Local reports at the time said the flight diversion was the result of the pilot suffering an ‘indisposition’, and led to an identical red alert being activated before the Airbus A320 was landed safely.

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