MEDICAL EMERGENCY

4 Flight Attendants Fall Ill in Alarming Midair Panic

Pilots requested that emergency medical responders meet the aircraft upon arrival.

Four out of five Frontier Airlines flight attendants became ill during a flight Thursday, prompting the crew to declare a medical emergency. Frontier Flight 1046, an Airbus A321 traveling from Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida, requested that emergency medical personnel meet the aircraft upon arrival, according to air traffic control communications reported by PYOK. As the 10-year-old aircraft neared South Florida, the pilot radioed Miami air traffic controllers: “If you could call the tower and have them meet at our gate for a developing medical.” The pilot added: “All my flight attendants have headaches, and now three, now four, are nauseous.” The aircraft landed safely without incident, according to PYOK. The Airbus A321 departed Cleveland shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday and was scheduled to return at 11:30 a.m., but that flight was later canceled. It’s still unclear what caused the flight attendants to become ill, and their current condition remains unknown.