USA: Air Canada Flight From Toronto To LAX Diverted To Salt Lake City After Passenger Was Found Dead

A plane flying to Los Angeles had to be diverted after a passenger was taken ill onboard and later died.

The Air Canada service from Toronto, Canada, to LAX was diverted to Salt Lake City after a passenger reportedly suffered a medical emergency.

He could not be revived and sadly died.

The Air Canada service from Toronto, Canada, to LAX was diverted to Salt Lake City after a passenger reportedly suffered a medical emergency.

He could not be revived and sadly died.

Speaking to US media, Air Canada confirmed flight AC795 left Toronto International bound for Los Angeles when it was diverted to Salt Lake City in Utah.

The plane left Toronto at 4.35pm local time on Monday afternoon (9.35pm BST).

It was expected to land at LAX at 6.53pm Pacific Summer Time (2.53am Tuesday BST).

The plane was expected to touch down at LAX in Los Angeles last night

But instead, it was diverted to Salt Lake City.

It finally landed at LAX at 9.24pm local time (5.24am BST).

According to Air Canada, the aircraft was met by medical services after landing.

The airline didn't give an update on the passenger's status.


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SOUTH AFRICA: Home Affairs Minister Nicknamed “The Tourism Terminator”

In retaliation against New Zealand for introducing a 10 minute online eVisa process, the Minister of Home Affairs’ department has issued a decree that will result in over 90% of Kiwis having to travel from their home to another city if they want to apply for a visa to visit South Africa which they will have to do in person.

New Zealand has been one of the few countries since the end of apartheid to remove visa requirements for South Africans. Last year they introduced an eVisa for South Africans with a 10 minute online application process.

South Africa’s Home Affairs have responded by reciprocating but have said that all New Zealanders must go to the SA mission in Wellington to apply in person for a visa.

Less than 10% of New Zealanders live in Wellington which is an eight hour drive from the most populous region, Auckland.

Home Affairs wants even New Zealanders living in the same street as the South African High Commission in Canberra, Australia, to go back to Wellington to apply in person. New Zealanders next door in Harare or anywhere in the world, for that matter, can only get a visa if they go to Wellington.

The tit for tat response is completely out of proportion and simply absurd unless there is a plan by Home Affairs to snuff out tourism from New Zealand.

Known in parliament as the Tourism Terminator, Minister Gigaba must have felt threatened by the 20% increase in New Zealand visitors reflected in the latest government statistics for the period January to October last year.

In the month before visas are mandatory on 16 January, the Wellington mission closed for 10 days over Christmas.