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On early Monday, June 9, a Qantas Airbus A380 operating flight QF2 from London Heathrow to Singapore diverted to Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport, following a medical emergency onboard. The flight crew requested an emergency landing after a passenger's health deteriorated mid-flight. The aircraft landed safely in Azerbaijan ...
At the time of the decision, the aircraft was flying over Turkmenistan before executing "a 180-degree turn" toward Baku, Azerbaijan. It landed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 08:10 local time on June 9. A passenger on board, an Australian ophthalmologist and retired surgeon, told ABC News that the flight was diverted after a woman in her 60s, who was traveling with her husband, suffered a life-threatening cardiac episode.
“The lady was really quite unwell and needed intravenous access while we were trying to land, which was a bit challenging,” said Dr Urquhart, who helped stabilize her on board.
3 cheers for Australia, 3 cheers for ophthalmology!
Who says that ophthalmologists don't know anything?
Actually, when I was a resident, I answered a call on a flight to help a sick man. Same story except over the U.S. Probable MI. IV access needed and done.
On early Monday, June 9, a Qantas Airbus A380 operating flight QF2 from London Heathrow to Singapore diverted to Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport, following a medical emergency onboard. The flight crew requested an emergency landing after a passenger's health deteriorated mid-flight. The aircraft landed safely in Azerbaijan ...
At the time of the decision, the aircraft was flying over Turkmenistan before executing "a 180-degree turn" toward Baku, Azerbaijan. It landed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 08:10 local time on June 9. A passenger on board, an Australian ophthalmologist and retired surgeon, told ABC News that the flight was diverted after a woman in her 60s, who was traveling with her husband, suffered a life-threatening cardiac episode.
“The lady was really quite unwell and needed intravenous access while we were trying to land, which was a bit challenging,” said Dr Urquhart, who helped stabilize her on board.
3 cheers for Australia, 3 cheers for ophthalmology!
Who says that ophthalmologists don't know anything?
Actually, when I was a resident, I answered a call on a flight to help a sick man. Same story except over the U.S. Probable MI. IV access needed and done.
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