Reported by 84 airlines, the overall incidence of in-flight medical events was 39 per 1 million passenger enplanements worldwide. Aircraft diversion occurred in 1.7% of events, most commonly for ...

A Vietnam Airlines flight traveling from Frankfurt to Hanoi made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport in India on Tuesday ...

I’ve been the doctor responding to medical emergencies on a flight, and the medical kits I used contained minimal supplies.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. A few years ago, I was half-asleep on a red-eye flight from ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- A United flight that left Sunday night from Newark Liberty International Airport and was heading to Cape Town, South Africa, returned to Newark due to a medical emergency, according to ...

A recent experience by a flight attendant based out of Minneapolis has highlighted the extra lengths cabin crew are asked to ...

A firefighter from the Jersey Shore is being hailed as a hero for his quick thinking to save a person who was suffering from a medical emergency while on an airplane. According to the city of Wildwood ...

A PACKED plane of British travellers was met by emergency services on the tarmac following a passenger suffering a medical ...

LifeFlight of Maine is warning drone users about the risk drones pose to air ambulances, citing recent close calls near ...

According to officials, the incident occurred on Air India flight IX1240, which took off from Jaipur at 5.30 pm and was scheduled to reach Bengaluru later that night ...

BRITISH travellers were “flung out of their seats” in scenes which resembled a “horror movie” en route to a popular holiday ...