Carrie Fisher rushed to hospital after heart attack on plane
UPDATED 4:05 PM PT
Carrie Fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles, law enforcement officials said Friday afternoon. She was transported to a Los Angeles hospital while in critical condition, but she was later stabilized and taken "out of emergency," her brother Todd told the Associated Press.
The actress and author was aboard a United Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles International Airport when she went into what was initially described as "full cardiac arrest."
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Fellow passengers tweeted that she had stopped breathing and that a doctor and nurse on board administered CPR.
She was later taken from the plane at LAX by emergency medical professionals at around midday local time, according to the reports. Calls and emails to Fisher's publicists were not immediately returned.
Fisher was heading home for the holidays from her book tour promoting The Princess Diarist, her personal journal from her time on the set of the original Star Wars.
The 60-year old Fisher has written and spoken frequently about her health problems. She struggled with alcoholism, depression, bipolar disorder and drug addiction for many years.
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YouTube stars Brad Gage and Anna Akana were two of the passengers near Fisher who witnessed events.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a statement via Twitter Friday, saying that a patient on an inbound flight was "aggressively treated" and taken to a nearby hospital.
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At 12:11 PM the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to LAX International Airport, Gate 74, for a patient on an inbound flight in Cardiac Arrest. LAFD Firefighter Paramedics were standing by for the plane's arrival, provided Advanced Life Support and aggressively treated and transported the patient to a local hospital.
United Airlines also issued a statement Friday afternoon: “Medical personnel met United flight 935 from London to Los Angeles upon arrival today after the crew reported that a passenger was unresponsive.
"Our thoughts are with our customer at this time and any requests for additional information should be directed to local authorities."
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4:05 p.m. PT: Added information from Carrie Fisher's brother, Todd.
Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.
