Passenger’s medical distress prompts emergency landing in Calgary
Posted Apr 5, 2017 10:15:06 AM.
Last Updated Apr 5, 2017 11:40:14 AM.
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CALGARY – A woman was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition Tuesday night after she was taken off an Air Canada flight following an emergency landing in Calgary.
Passengers aboard the Toronto-to-Vancouver flight say they were over Saskatchewan when the woman went into medical distress.
A decision was made to land in Calgary where emergency medical officials confirm that the passenger was taken to the Peter Lougheed Centre shortly after 11:00 p.m.
The trip to Vancouver resumed soon after.
There was no immediate word on what sparked the medical emergency.
Air Canada has not commented on the landing. (CTV Calgary)
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