Turkish plane made an emergency landing in Budapest!

A Turkish Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Budapest on Thursday afternoon when an older passenger became ill. After the emergency landing, he received care from airport ambulances.

Flight from Istanbul to Gothenburg landed in Budapest

The crew of an Airbus A321neo aircraft of Turkish Airlines decided to interrupt their flight in the airspace of Slovakia, near the Polish border, when one of their passengers on board got ill.

The plane then began its descent, and after a few minutes, it landed safely on runway 13R of Budapest Airport and rolled to its designated stop.

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An elderly passenger needed medical attention

There, the AMS Airport Emergency Service began providing care for the elderly male passenger who was having a heart attack. The patient was later handed over to the National Rescue Service’s (OMSZ) on-site alert rescue unit, which transported him, in a stable condition, to a hospital, the AMS informed Airportal.hu 

In such cases, the ambulance unit of the AMS Airport Emergency Services waits for the aircraft to arrive at the designated stop after landing. The sick passenger is brought off the deck using a special airport ambulance, which rises to the appropriate door of the aircraft. Medical professionals will begin or continue the resuscitation that has begun on board.