Flight diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport after passenger suffers medical emergency

FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A flight was diverted to the Pittsburgh International Airport after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.

Airport spokesperson Bob Kerlik told Channel 11 that an American Airlines flight traveling from New York to Austin landed at PIA at 3:25 p.m. on Monday.

A passenger was taken to Allegheny General Hospital from the airport.

The plane is expected to get back in the air and head toward Austin again shortly.

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