Sleeping air passengers awoke to ‘chaos’ on Friday morning

Jet2 flight LS1266 was forced to perform an emergency landing in Portugal on Thursday after the captain began 'feeling unwell' at 30,000ft.

Jet2 Flight LS1266 was forced to make an emergency landing in Porto after a pilot suddenly became unwell - Brits on the flight became suddenly alarmed as events unfolded

Jet2 Flight LS1266 from Tenerife to Birmingham was cruising at 30,000ft when the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, May 22 - the plane, carrying 220 passengers

Sleeping air passengers awoke to ‘chaos’ on Friday morning

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