Qantas passengers bound for Singapore to stay night in Azerbaijan after flight from London diverted


Qantas is providing customers with lodging for the night. -- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A medical emergency on a Qantas flight from London to Sydney, via Singapore, forced an urgent landing in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, early on June 9, according to Australian media reports.

A passenger – a woman in her 60s – had suffered a life-threatening cardiac episode in midair, reported Australia’s ABC News.

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