24 people treated after incident on board flight to Auckland

Twenty-four people have been treated after an incident on board a flight to Auckland.

“Hato Hone St John can confirm it has responded to an incident at Auckland International Airport involving an in-bound aircraft,” St John said in a statement.

“We were notified at 3.58pm and responded with five ambulances, two operations managers, one Major Incident Support Team vehicle, one Command Unit, and two rapid response vehicles.

“Our ambulance crews assessed and treated 24 patients at the scene, with eight of those in a moderate condition and 16 in a minor condition.

Two patients are currently being transported to Middlemore Hospital. We will update with further information when we can.”

Auckland Airport said in a statement its emergency service team “responded to a request for medical support” from the LATAM flight, which had taken off in Sydney.

LATAM has been contacted for comment.

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