A passenger on a Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) flight from Maputo to Lisbon was unconscious for seven hours and received medical treatment during the journey. According to the carrier, the Mozambican football team was also traveling on the plane.
LAM said in a statement that the woman developed health problems three hours after the plane took off from Maputo and remained unconscious during the seven-hour journey to her destination, Lisbon.
“To assist a passenger with health problems, the crew relied on the help of six doctors on board. Assistance was provided by three doctors from the national football team and three doctors from the Mozambican Ministry of Health,” he said. note.
The gesture of humanism saved the life of the passenger, the statement emphasizes.
LAM did not specify whether the woman was part of the delegation of the national football team, since there were other passengers on the flight.
Mozambique’s national football team departed on Friday on a Maputo-Lisbon flight before heading from the Portuguese capital to Morocco, where they will play Guinea-Conakry in Africa’s Group G fourth round match on Monday. zonal qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico.