US Airways Flight 715 en route from Venice, Italy to Philadelphia had to be diverted to Dublin Airport, Ireland for making an emergency landing on May 19 because five of its crew members and one passenger fell sick midair.
The Airbus A330-200 had 238 passengers and 12 crew members on board at the time of the incident.
This was the second incident in two weeks when a US Airways flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after its crew members fell sick. Earlier, another US Airways flight on the same route had to be diverted to the same airport in Ireland nine days ago on May 10.
The causes of sickness is not yet known. The sickness symptoms included nausea, watery eyes and dizziness, as per health officials in Ireland.
Air France flight AF-218 made an emergency landing in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on December 4th.
United Airlines flight UA-766 made an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, on September 19th.
Lufthansa flight LH-511D had to divert for an unscheduled landing at Milan–Malpensa Airport, Italy, on March 18th.
JetBlue flight 1146 had to make an emergency landing at Charleston International Airport, South Carolina, on November 21st.