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Air trafficA Swiss plane must land urgently in Amsterdam
Flight LX38, which took off on Saturday from Zurich to San Francisco, had to turn around and land in Amsterdam. The cause: a medical emergency on board.
Up to 18,000 people followed the plane’s journey on the flightradar24.com platform.
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A Swiss plane bound for the United States had to turn around on Saturday afternoon over the North Sea. Indeed, flight LX38, which took off on Saturday around 1 p.m. from Zurich for San Francisco, had to land at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam around 4 p.m., reveals “20 Minuten”.
In question, a medical emergency on board, as explained by a spokesperson for Swiss to our colleagues. The crew therefore decided to make an emergency landing in Amsterdam in order to be able to treat the patient there. The flight was then to continue as planned to San Francisco.
According to the Swiss spokeswoman, the incident caused a delay of about an hour.
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