- A Jetstar flight to Bali has been forced to make an emergency landing
- Flight landed in Port Hedland , WA, at 10.50am after a passenger became ill
- Flight has since departed and is set to arrive in Denpasar at 1.30pm local time
A Jetstar flight to Bali has been forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger passed out mid-flight.
Flight number JQ127 left Adelaide for Indonesia at 8am on Wednesday morning.
It had to land in Port Hedland, Western Australia, at about 10.50am after a passenger became ill.
A Jetstar flight to Bali has been forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger passed out mid-flight
The passenger was removed from the flight at Port Hedland airport and rushed to hospital.
The airline was not able to provide details on who the passenger was.
It is still unclear what the medical emergency was.
‘A flight from Adelaide to Bali was diverted today after a passenger had a medical emergency on-board,’ Jetstar said in a statement.
‘We diverted the flight to Port Hedland and paramedics met the aircraft on arrival to transport the passenger to hospital.’
The flight has since departed and is set to arrive in Denpasar at 1.30pm local time.
The passenger was removed from the flight at Port Hedland airport and rushed to hospital