Overview
- The Gran Canaria–Hamburg service with nearly 200 passengers diverted to Bilbao on Sunday evening after a reported in-flight heart attack.
- Basque health service medics boarded and attempted resuscitation, with airport and medical sources reporting the passenger was already deceased.
- The Airbus A320 departed around 16:20 and changed course near 20:00 after other travelers alerted the crew to the emergency.
- Authorities removed the body after the aircraft was emptied and the on-call judge arrived, according to local reports.
- The flight did not continue to Hamburg that night, and passengers spent the night in Bilbao because the destination airport closes around midnight.