An off-duty cabin crew worker is thought to have attempted to take his own life on a British Airways flight.
British Airways flight BA282 from Los Angeles to London was diverted to Iceland after a cabin crew worker is believed to have slit his wrists in a toilet. He was rushed to hospital when the plane landed in Reykjavik. It is not known what the man used to cut himself.
The plane was carrying several Hollywood executives, who were travelling on to the Cannes Film Festival from London Heathrow. Stan Rosenfield, a publicist whose clients include George Clooney, was among those on board. He said, “Earlier, I remember going to the bathroom and it said occupied. A little while later, the same thing happened, so I just went to another bathroom. Then there were a series of beeps — I’ve never heard anything like it. All the flight attendants converged in the galley where the bathroom was and drew the curtain.”
British Airways declined to comment on the man’s condition. “Our Los Angeles to Heathrow service was diverted to Iceland so that a customer could receive medical assistance. The customer was taken to a hospital locally and the flight continued to Heathrow after a two-hour delay,” the airline said in a statement.
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