Vietnam Airlines representative announced that flight VN 1602 from Buon Ma Thuot after taking off for nearly 1 hour, passenger TDH sitting in seat 17E (Vietnamese nationality) had health problems.

On the flight, two passengers were doctors who came to examine them and concluded that their pulse was too fast and they needed to be taken to the hospital immediately.

The captain of the flight immediately notified the Vietnam Airlines operations center and requested to land at Da Nang airport according to the wishes of passenger TDH to receive timely medical support.

Flight VN 1602 immediately took off to continue its journey to Hanoi at 12:08, 2 hours later than planned.

It is known that Vietnam Airlines has repeatedly delayed flights or made emergency landings in cases where passengers had serious health problems and needed timely assistance.

Previously, on December 27, flight VN307 from Tokyo (Narita, Japan) to Ho Chi Minh City also had to make an emergency landing at Taoyuan Airport (Taiwan, China) to rescue a passenger in need of medical assistance.

Although, navigating a flight for an emergency landing always consumes a lot of resources and costs for rescheduling flights, refueling, ground services, etc., the safety and health of passengers is always the top priority of airlines.