“We’re sincerely sorry for the disruption experienced by flight VS358 customers due to the urgent medical diversion followed by technical inspections of the aircraft.” So said Virgin Atlantic after a recent London Heathrow to Mumbai flight spent two nights on the ground at a small, remote airport.
As always when medical emergencies happen in flight, the crew are entirely focused on what is best for the unwell passenger. On this occasion they landed as soon as they could, at Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey – about 80 miles (128km) north of the Syrian border.
