{"id":339961,"date":"2026-05-24T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=339961"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:20:17","slug":"jet2-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilot-has-heart-attack-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/jet2-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilot-has-heart-attack-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet2 flight makes emergency landing after pilot has ‘heart attack’ | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Jet 2 flight was 30,000 ft within the air (Picture: Shutterstock \/ Markus Mainka)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A plane carrying British holidaymakers from Tenerife to Birmingham needed to make an emergency landing after the pilot suffered a suspected heart attack mid-flight.<\/p>\n

The Jet2 Flight was 30,000 ft within the air when the medical emergency took place and the plane was forced to land early in Portugal at 2.11am on Friday.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said flight attendants ran down the aisle in tears, asking if there was a physician on board.<\/p>\n

A passenger told The Sun on Sunday: \u2018My partner and I were asleep once we were awoken by chaos.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lights began flashing and hostesses who were visibly upset, in search of a physician.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our two-year-old began crying like many other children onboard since the aircraft was dropping so quickly for an emergency landing.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Emergency services rushed onto the plane after it landed in Porto, where 220 passengers watched on as medics attended to the pilot.<\/p>\n

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Passengers were forced to attend in Porto Airport for a journey home (Picture: Shutterstock \/ martin SC photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The passengers waited in Francisco Sa Carneiro airport for 13 hours before being flown home on a special flight with a brand new cockpit crew.<\/p>\n

Jet2 had flown a pilot out from Manchester to take customers back to the UK.<\/p>\n

A passenger said: \u2018We were stranded in Portugal for over 13 hours without accommodation. They wouldn\u2019t allow us to off the plane itself for over an hour.<\/p>\n

\u2018Then we were just left to wander around. There was nowhere to remain. They said accommodation was too expensive.\u2019<\/p>\n

A passenger continued: \u2018The airline told us the pilot had suffered a heart attack within the cockpit. We now have full sympathy for him in fact.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jet2 told The Sun: \u2018Flight LS1266 from Tenerife to Birmingham diverted to Porto on Thursday (twenty first May), because of one in all the pilots feeling unwell.<\/p>\n

\u2018At no point was safety compromised, and customers subsequently continued their journey.<\/p>\n

\u2018We would love to apologise to customers for this unexpected delay.\u2019<\/p>\n

Get in contact with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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