Unwell staff force easyjet plane to return to Luton

The 7.05am flight took off from Luton late at 7.30am today (Fri) with 178 passengers but arrived back at the same airport just a few hours later.

Four crew members were being given medical attention “as a precautionary measure”, an airline spokesman said.

Paramedics were called to reports of patients suffering “breathing difficulties” but a spokeswoman said they were fine on arrival.

The budget airline said the flight would be delayed overnight “due to availability of spare aircraft.”

Passengers are being offered accommodation and food and the replacement flight will leave Luton at 1pm on Saturday.

Three ambulance crews, an ambulance officer, two rapid response vehicles and Hazardous Area Response Team all attended the scene.