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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

Virgin Atlantic Heathrow flight forced to divert to Canada after emergency declared on board

A Virgin Atlantic flight was forced to divert to Canada due to a mid-air emergency (Alamy/PA) -

A Virgin Atlantic flight from Miami to London’s Heathrow was forced to divert to Canada after a man suffered a cardiac arrest mid-flight.

Flight VS118 declared an emergency on board while cruising at 38,000 feet over the North Atlantic after leaving Miami at 11.04pm on Friday.

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