BA flight diverts to France after mid-air medical emergency

One passenger required urgent medical care necessitating emergency diversion; one minor injury (finger cut) reported on separate United Airlines incident.

At 38,000 feet over the Atlantic, a passenger's sudden medical crisis aboard British Airways Flight BA78 reminded the world that the sky, for all its engineered calm, remains a place where human vulnerability asserts itself without warning. The crew declared a Squawk 7700 emergency and diverted to Lyon, France in the early hours of Sunday morning, where the passenger received care and the aircraft eventually resumed its journey to London Heathrow. The incident, arriving in the wake of a United Airlines engine failure that prompted the evacuation of 268 people days earlier, speaks to a quiet tr

BA flight diverts to France after mid-air medical emergency

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