An EasyJet flight to Manchester was forced to make an emergency landing in Greece after the pilot collapsed at the controls.
Panic erupted on board as cabin crew abandoned their drinks trolleys and rushed to the front of the aircraft while screaming for medical assistance.
“At first we thought this may of been a passenger as nothing much was being said other than the screams asking if anyone is medically trained, where a few passengers got up and assisted the cabin crew,” one passenger told the Manchester Evening News.
Staff quickly erected a screen around the gravely ill pilot before announcing the aircraft would need to make an emergency landing, sending the cabin into further panic.
“The ride began to get very rough & scary and as we approached the runway,” the passenger said. “We started to panic. I got upset once I felt how rocky and rough the landing was and started to panic thinking .EasyJet have confirmed EasyJet pilot collapses at controls forcing emergency landing.