Medical emergency in mid-flight, Air France plane between Lyon and Brest diverted to Nantes

Mid-flight emergency. An Air France plane had to be urgently diverted to Nantes airport instead of Brest when it took off from Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport (Rhône) this Sunday January 5, 2025.

Flight AF1612, which took off around 7:50 p.m. instead of 7:40 p.m. initially, had to urgently change its flight plans on Sunday evening to head towards the runways of Nantes Atlantique airport (Loire-Atlantique) instead of Brest (Finistère). ).

Passenger medical problem

He arrived at Nantes airport due to a medical problem experienced by a passengeraccording to our information, confirming that of our colleagues from the newspaper The Telegram.

The Air France aircraft, whose flight was supposed to last 1 hour 35 minutes, finally arrived at Brest airport in the evening at 11:30 p.m. after a cumulative delay of 2 hours 40 minutes.

One dead after a Volotea Marseille-Rennes flight this Sunday

Another medical emergency took place on a plane this Sunday in France, this time on a flight between Marseille and Rennes with the company Volotea. An 80-year-old man died of a heart attack.

The Samu intervened when the Volotea plane arrived, before the victim was transported from Rennes airport to the university hospital where he finally died.

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