Somewhere over the long dark stretch between the Red Sea and the North Sea, a group of travellers on an EasyJet flight from Hurghada fell ill together, and the crew reached out ahead of them so that help would be waiting on the tarmac in Edinburgh. Their symptoms, vomiting, fever, nausea, and a rash on a child, pressed on them for hours of flight time, and the cause remains unsettled, with contagion and shared food poisoning both still possible. It is the kind of small, shared misfortune that travel has always carried with it, now arriving a few weeks after a similar episode on a Sharm el-Shei
EasyJet Flight From Egypt to Edinburgh Diverted Medical Alert After Vomiting Outbreak Weeks After Similar Incident
At least seven passengers, including a child, were unwell with vomiting, fever, nausea and a rash during the flight.
Somewhere over the long dark stretch between the Red Sea and the North Sea, a group of travellers on an EasyJet flight from Hurghada fell ill together, and the crew reached out ahead of them so that help would be waiting on the tarmac in Edinburgh. Their symptoms, vomiting, fever, nausea, and a rash on a child, pressed on them for hours of flight time, and the cause remains unsettled, with contagion and shared food poisoning both still possible. It is the kind of small, shared misfortune that travel has always carried with it, now arriving a few weeks after a similar episode on a Sharm el-Sheikh flight to Glasgow, and the question of what happened is still open.
On 3 November, EasyJet flight EZY3320 was on its way from Hurghada in Egypt to Edinburgh when passengers began to fall ill. The crew alerted air traffic control, and a medical warning was sent ahead so that help would be ready when the plane arrived.
At least seven passengers were violently sick during the flight, according to Metro, which first reported the episode. Some had high temperatures and nausea, and a child developed a rash for which no cause has been given. The flight takes roughly six hours and 40 minutes, so those who were unwell endured a long stretch in the air. The aircraft was not diverted and landed at about 11.10pm, where medical staff met it.
An EasyJet spokesperson said the crew did all they could during the flight and that customer and crew wellbeing is the airline's top priority. What caused the illness is still unclear. Reporting does not establish whether it was contagious or came from separate food poisoning cases.
The episode follows a similar one a few weeks earlier, when a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Glasgow saw at least eight people sick on 22 October. EasyJet then suggested food eaten at a hotel before boarding may have been responsible. Whether the two incidents are linked has not been established, and for now the key question is what cause, if any, is determined for EZY3320.
On 3 November, EasyJet flight EZY3320 was making its way from Hurghada, Egypt, to Edinburgh when passengers began falling ill. The crew contacted air traffic control, and a medical alert was issued to the destination so that help would be waiting when the aircraft arrived.
At least seven passengers were violently sick during the flight, according to Metro, which first reported the episode. Vomiting was not the only complaint. Some people reported high temperatures and nausea. A child on board also developed a rash, and no cause for it has been given.
The journey from Hurghada to Edinburgh takes roughly six hours and 40 minutes, so those who were unwell had a long time in the air with their symptoms. The plane was not diverted. It landed as scheduled at around 11.10pm.
Medical personnel were there when it touched down. An EasyJet spokesperson told Metro that the flight had been met by medical services on landing because some customers on board were unwell. The statement added that the crew did all they could to assist during the flight, and that the wellbeing of customers and crew is the airline's highest priority.
What made people ill remains unsettled. Reporting on the flight says it is not clear whether the outbreak was contagious or whether it came from separate cases of food poisoning. The airline's statement did not offer an explanation, and nothing in the coverage so far identifies a source.
The episode follows another one by only a few weeks. On 22 October, a different EasyJet flight, from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to Glasgow, saw a vomiting outbreak of its own. The Scot reported that at least eight people were suffering symptoms at the same time. An EasyJet spokesperson told that outlet the airline believed the cause may have been food eaten at a hotel before boarding.
Both flights flew from Egyptian Red Sea resort airports to Scotland, and both involved clusters of passengers sick at once. Whether the two incidents are connected, or whether the explanation offered for the October flight applies to this one, has not been established in the reporting. For now, the open question is what cause, if any, is determined for flight EZY3320.
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