Airbus a-332, flying 50 company of Hawaiian Airlines, took off from Honolulu on Thursday at 16:20 and headed to the airport. Kennedy in new York. However, about 11 p.m. Friday local time the plane landed in San Francisco.
Passenger 50 Andrea Barts said on Twitter that during the flight, around midnight, the crew on the loudspeaker asked to go to the cockpit of doctors or those who have medical skills.
Flight from Honolulu to JFK diverted to SFO for a passenger needing medical attention. It’s been a long time since they asked for doctors to come to first class so I hope they’re okay. First time I’ve ever had a flight diverted, somehow. Waiting for medics to board now.
— Andrea Bartz (@andibartz) January 25, 2019
Writes Andrea Barts, forward of the salon on this call left many of the passengers and for a long time did not come back. Then went to a policeman and a man in a yarmulke, and then declared on landing in San Francisco. Other passengers told local media in San Francisco that was disturbed by the fact that he saw how concerned and upset the crew feared the failure of the aircraft.
As later reported HawaiiNewsNow with reference to the airport in San Francisco, flight attendant (gender not specified) this flight struck a heart attack. On Board there were qualified doctors, who for a long time did CPR, but to no avail, and decided to get in San Francisco.
On earth to Board arrived the coroner County of San MATEO, who announced the death of a crew member. After came the medical examiner and the police that came out of the plane and took the body. The airline did not disclose the name of its deceased employee. The passengers saw that the crew members were very upset.
LIVE FROM SFO: @SaraStinsonNews talks to a passenger aboard the Hawaiian Airlines flight that was diverted to SF after a flight attendant onboard died https://t.co/jwFVxr3gkw pic.twitter.com/mdXpssQllg
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) January 25, 2019
The representative of the airport of San Francisco Doug jaeckel stated that the passengers were put on other flights to NY. However, HawaiiNewsNow reports that passengers (about 300 people) have bought tickets for everything that flies in the direction of new York, for existing in the hands of the money. The Board A-332 Hawaiian Airlines for some reason the flights did not continue. The passengers during the embarkation in San Francisco was not informed about the reasons and were forced to fear for safety, and then many hours sitting in the plane while waiting for the doctor and the medical examiner. Hawaiian Airlines did not comment on the incident for the media.
