Hundreds of passengers were left stuck in Azerbaijan when a medical emergency mid-flight forced their Qantas Airbus A380 to make an urgent landing. The flight had left London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday evening bound for Singapore when the incident occurred.

Qantas has apologised after a flight bound from London to Singapore made a “dramatic” diversion to Azerbaijan after a reported cardiac emergency.

A Qantas flight (QF2) flying from London to Singapore has been forced to make an urgent landing in Azerbaijan, after a passenger suffered a life-threatening cardiac emergency mid-flight.