EasyJet flight diverted to Gatwick after emergency declared on board

An easyJet flight from Alicante to Manchester was forced to divert to Gatwick after a mid-air emergency.

Flight U25521 declared an emergency on board while flying over the south British coast this morning.

The plane then changed flight plan and landed at Gatwick airport at around 8.30am on Sunday.

An easyJet spokesperson told Metro that a passenger required medical attention and that the plane was met by emergency services after landing.

The spokesperson added: ‘Flight EZY5521 from Alicante to Manchester today, 25 May, has been required to divert to London Gatwick, due to a customer onboard requiring urgent medical attention.

‘The passenger was met in London Gatwick by medical services and the flight is planned to continue to Manchester.

‘The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority.’

This diversion comes weeks after another easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool landed early at a northern Spanish airport due to a medical emergency on March 25.

There attempts were made to ‘revive a 67-year-old passenger who was unconscious’.

Passengers then stayed at the Santiago-Rosalia de Castro Airport, in Galicia, over night before heading home the next day.

A couple weeks earlier an easyJet pilot made an emergency diversion after families came to blows 30,000ft in the air over a boy watching The Karate Kid too loudly.

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