Los Angeles: On Friday, Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack on a flight. The iconic Star Wars actress was flying from London to Los Angeles when she went into cardiac arrest.
LAFD received the call at 12:11 p.m. PT and responded at LAX Gate 74. Paramedics were on standby when flight landed, and they provided “advanced life support” and aggressive treatment and transported Fisher, 60, to local hospital.
Actress Anna Akana who was on the same flight said some passengers onboard administered CPR. An EMT also happened to be on the flight and helped carry out life-saving measures. The health scare occurred about 15 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land.
Anna Akana tweeted:
Don’t know how else to process this but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home. Hope she’s gonna be OK 😞
She further tweeted:
So many thanks to the United flight crew who jumped into action, and the awesome doctor and nurse passengers who helped
Meanwhile the Guardian reports that Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, says the actress is “out of emergency” and has been stabilized.