Specialist paramedics and a hazardous area response team met a Virgin Atlantic flight on the runway at Gatwick airport on Wednesday morning (March 6) following reports of a number of passengers and crew feeling “unwell and nauseous”.
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The flight from Bridgetown, Barbados, landed shortly before 5am at which time around 30 patients were assessed and treated. Two have since been taken to hospital for further checks, the ambulance service confirmed to TTG.
A South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) spokesperson confirmed it was called to attend an inbound flight at Gatwick. “We sent ambulance crews, including our Hazardous Area Response Team, and a number of other specialist paramedics to the scene,” they said.
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