Singapore-bound United Airlines flight from San Francisco diverted to Manila owing to medical emergency

Paramedics, flight attendants and passengers with a medical background assisted the unconscious passenger by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. - ST READER

SINGAPORE: A United Airlines (UA) airplane that was headed to Singapore from San Francisco was forced to make a landing in Manila on Monday (Jan 12) after a passenger had a medical emergency.

In response to queries by The Straits Times, the airline said that Flight UA1 from San Francisco to Singapore was diverted to Manila, landing safely to address a passenger medical emergency.