Passengers terrified as easyJet flight makes ‘rough and scary’ emergency landing after pilot falls ill Passengers ‘started to panic’ during the plane landing.
An easyJet flight to Manchester was forced to divert to Athens after one of the pilots reportedly collapsed during the flight, leading to passenger panic as the plane made an emergency landing.
The plane decided to make an emergency landing after the flight’s captain needed medical assistance, leaving it to the first officer to land the plane safely.
"At first we thought this may have been a passenger as nothing much was being said other than the screams asking if anyone is medically trained, where a few passengers got up and assisted the cabin crew,” the unnamed passenger told the outlet, adding that a screen was pulled across the front.
Approximately two hours and 15 minutes into the journey, flight tracking data from FlightAware shows the Airbus A320 started to circle an area near Athens airport in Greece for around half an hour before landing at 1.17am.
