‘Flight from hell’: Six fall ill on British Airways flight from London to Egypt; forces emergency landing in Italy

A British Airways flight from London to Egypt was forced to make an emergency landing in Venice, Italy, after passengers and crew members suddenly fell ill.

According to passenger Melanie Wells, 61, from East Sussex, six people were affected in total. “Crew members suddenly began running down the aisle backwards and forwards. I didn’t know what was going on,” she said.