A distressed Jet2 flight from Tenerife to Birmingham made an emergency landing in Porto after a pilot began 'feeling unwell' at 30,000ft, causing passengers to be stranded for over 13 hours without accommodation. The flight was diverted when the pilot, who later suffered a suspected heart attack, began 'feeling unwell' in the cockpit of an Airbus A321.
A flight from Tenerife to Birmingham descended into chaos after the pilot suffered a suspected heart attack mid-flight, leaving 220 passengers stranded for over 13 hours.
The terrifying incident saw airline staff sprinting down the aisle in a desperate search for any medics amongst the passengers who could treat the captain. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, is understood to have suddenly dropped altitude when the crew were forced to divert and make the emergency landing in Porto at 2.11am on Friday. When the flight landed, paramedics rushed to the plane and performed emergency first aid before the pilot was rushed to hospital.
Passengers were grounded for over an hour on the tarmac, unable to leave the aircraft. One passenger told The Irish Sun: 'We were stranded in Portugal for over 13 hours without accommodation. They wouldn't let us off the plane itself for over an hour.
'Then we were just left to wander around. There was nowhere to stay. They said accommodation was too expensive. The airline then flew a pilot from Manchester to Porto so that the stranded passengers could make it home
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