Incident: Ethiopian B763 near Cairo on Nov 20th 2010, medical emergency

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Nov 21st 2010 15:14Z, last updated Sunday, Nov 21st 2010 15:14Z

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration ET-ALJ performing flight ET-701 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) with 154 passengers, was enroute near Cairo (Egypt) when a female passenger showed symptoms of angina pectoris with her health condition deteriorating prompting the crew to divert to Cairo for a safe landing. The passenger was taken to a local hospital. The aircraft departed Cairo after about 50 minutes on the ground.

The Aviation Herald