United States-bound flight, which departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, yesterday morning, reportedly returned to base over a medical emergency.
 
The UA613 flight departed Lagos for Washington D.C, but made a return about 30 minutes into the journey due to a seizure incident by a 64-year-old male passenger shortly after take-off.
 
The Guardian gathered that the medical team attended to the passenger, but he “did not respond to treatment.” The incident led to the cancellation of the flight by the airline.
 
The affected passengers, it was gathered, were booked into a hotel pending when the airline would leave the country. It was also learnt that the sick passenger was immediately taken to a hospital for medical attention. His state of health could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

A source close to the airline said: “The incident occurred 30 minutes into the flight. The pilot returned to base. The crew could not continue with the flight again because they had exhausted their time.

“So, the pilot had to cancel the flight for another departure date, probably on Wednesday morning. The number of onboard passengers cannot be verified, but it was almost a full flight.”
 
No one from the airline was on hand to comment on the issue. Also, a message and call were made to the media consultant to the airline, Mr. Linden Birns, who did not respond.