By Canadian Press

Passenger’s medical distress prompts emergency landing in Calgary

Apr 5, 2017 | 8:30 AM

CALGARY — A woman was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition Tuesday night after she was taken off an Air Canada flight following an emergency landing in Calgary.

Passengers aboard the Toronto-to-Vancouver flight say they were over Saskatchewan when the woman went into medical distress.

A decision was made to land in Calgary where emergency medical officials confirm that the passenger was taken to the Peter Lougheed Centre shortly after 11:00 p.m.

The trip to Vancouver resumed soon after.

There was no immediate word on what sparked the medical emergency.

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Air Canada has not commented on the landing. (CTV Calgary)

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Photo from: Air Canada.com