‘We were jolted as plane hit the runway…. stuck and starving for nearly 20 hours’: Virgin Atlantic passengers stranded in Turkey airport after emergency landing
Around 260 passengers travelling from London to Mumbai were stranded for over 24 hours at the Diyarbakir Airport (DIY) in Turkey, where the Virgin Atlantic flight they were flying made an emergency landing on Wednesday due to a medical emergency onboard and later developed a technical issue.The passengers on the flight, VS358, an Airbus A350, from London Heathrow (LHR) to Mumbai (BOM), alleged that they had minimal assistance at DIY.
The flight, which took off from London as per schedule, was diverted after a 17-year-old girl suffered a panic attack mid-air. Following a request from the family for medical assistance, the crew made an emergency landing at DIY — a facility primarily used as a military base with limited infrastructure to handle large commercial aircraft.
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