Reports: US man diverted to Iran after midair heart attack

Source: msnbc.com

An American on a flight from Dubai to Seattle suffered a heart attack and was taken to Iran for treatment, according to reports Saturday.

The AFP news agency, citing Iran’s ISNA service, said the Emirates aircraft was in Iranian airspace when the passenger, 52, became unwell and the plane landed in Tehran.

“Yesterday (Friday), an airplane belonging to the Emirates airline, flying from Dubai to Seattle and while passing over Iran’s airspace, contacted the control tower and announced that one of this flight’s passengers had suffered a heart attack,” Abbas Mosayebi, of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, was quoted as saying.

“Despite international sanctions against the Iranian people which also endanger their lives, yesterday we helped an American citizen in our country,” Mosayebi reportedly said, adding the man was still in a hospital Saturday.

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Reports: US man diverted to Iran after midair heart attack (Original post)	IDemo	Apr 2012	OP
Hmmm...U.S. and other world powers are holding talks with Iran and over it's nuclear program.	midnight	Apr 2012	#1
ping pong diplomacy, the next step?	ChairmanAgnostic	Apr 2012	#2
I wonder how the media's going to try to spin this one	stp2k	Apr 2012	#3
Take the politicians out of the picture	madokie	Apr 2012	#4
I wish I could recommend your post over and over again	Ishoutandscream2	Apr 2012	#5
I bet Iran has Universal Health Care.	RC	Apr 2012	#6
That man is going to get platinum treatment in Iran	mainer	Apr 2012	#7
add to this, we saved over 30 Iranians from Indian Ocean pirates	ChairmanAgnostic	Apr 2012	#8
The US needs Iran to be the bogeyman and vice versa	toddwv	Apr 2012	#9
Something like this happened in 2005.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2012	#10
So, now they are going to hold him "for his well-being"	EC	Apr 2012	#11
They are going to treat him like royalty	mainer	Apr 2012	#12
See #10 above.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2012	#13
I'm also sure they will treat him well..	EC	Apr 2012	#14
They could have taken other passengers hostage	mainer	Apr 2012	#16
You're very misinformed	JerseyMac	Apr 2012	#18
Yeah, that'll work. (nt)	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#20
Agreed. Just as the Cuban's did in Moore's film "Sicko"	EmeraldCityGrl	Apr 2012	#19
They'll hold him until a competent medical system judges him safe to fly	saras	Apr 2012	#15
But, I though they hated us!!!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#17

Response to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 10:28 AM

midnight (23,466 posts)

1. Hmmm...U.S. and other world powers are holding talks with Iran and over it's nuclear program.

AFP said Swiss diplomats in Tehran, who handle American interests in the absence of a U.S. Embassy, declined to comment on the report.
The incident comes and the U.S. and other world powers are holding talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

Reports: US man diverted to Iran after midair heart attack

1. Hmmm...U.S. and other world powers are holding talks with Iran and over it's nuclear program.

2. ping pong diplomacy, the next step?

3. I wonder how the media's going to try to spin this one

4. Take the politicians out of the picture

5. I wish I could recommend your post over and over again

6. I bet Iran has Universal Health Care.

7. That man is going to get platinum treatment in Iran

8. add to this, we saved over 30 Iranians from Indian Ocean pirates

9. The US needs Iran to be the bogeyman and vice versa

10. Something like this happened in 2005.

11. So, now they are going to hold him "for his well-being"

12. They are going to treat him like royalty

13. See #10 above.

14. I'm also sure they will treat him well..

16. They could have taken other passengers hostage

18. You're very misinformed

20. Yeah, that'll work. (nt)

19. Agreed. Just as the Cuban's did in Moore's film "Sicko"

15. They'll hold him until a competent medical system judges him safe to fly

17. But, I though they hated us!!!