Analysis shows aircraft diversions occur more often with physician involvement in cardiovascular and neurological events.
An analysis of about 78 000 in-flight medical events found that aircraft diversions were most common in cases of physician involvement and cardiovascular or neurological events. The findings were recently published in JAMA Network Open.
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