{"id":371329,"date":"2026-08-14T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371329\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:50:12","slug":"frontier-airlines-declares-medical-emergency-as-flight-attendants-get-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371329\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontier Airlines declares medical emergency as flight attendants get sick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Globalt Investments senior portfolio manager Keith Buchanan discusses the airline industry, JPMorgan and his top market picks for the near future on &#8216;The Claman Countdown.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A Frontier Airlines flight reportedly declared a medical emergency Thursday after four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/airplanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">flight attendants<\/a> became sick with headaches and nausea shortly before landing in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Frontier Flight 1046 was traveling from Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when the pilots requested that emergency medical personnel meet the Airbus A321 at the gate, according to air traffic control communications reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paddleyourownkanoo.com\/2026\/08\/13\/frontier-airlines-flight-to-fort-lauderdale-declares-medical-emergency-as-four-flight-attendants-taken-sick-mid-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PYOK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport without incident, where emergency responders were waiting, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>As the aircraft approached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">South Florida<\/a>, one of the pilots alerted air traffic controllers to a &#8220;developing medical&#8221; situation on board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/fox-news-travel\/budget-airline-charge-passengers-storing-bags-overhead-compartments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BUDGET AIRLINE JETSTAR TO CHARGE PASSENGERS FOR STORING BAGS IN OVERHEAD COMPARTMENTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/frontier-planes-from-side.jpg\" alt=\"Frontier planes from the side\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale reportedly declared a medical emergency after four flight attendants became sick shortly before landing. (Joe Burbank\/Orlando Sentinel\/Tribune News Service \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you could call the tower and have them meet at our gate for a developing medical,&#8221; the pilot said in the radio call.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the nature of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">medical emergency<\/a>, the pilot said multiple flight attendants were experiencing symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All my flight attendants have headaches, and now three, now four, are nauseous,&#8221; the pilot said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/fox-news-travel\/ryanair-passenger-recounts-being-partly-sucked-out-airplane-window-i-am-lucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RYANAIR PASSENGER RECOUNTS BEING PARTLY SUCKED OUT AIRPLANE WINDOW: &#8216;I AM LUCKY&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Frontier-Airlines-plane.png\" alt=\"Frontier Airlines plane lands in Las Vegas\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Emergency medical personnel were waiting when Frontier Flight 1046 landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after multiple crew members became sick, according to a report. (Elizabeth Page Brumley\/Las Vegas Review-Journal\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft, a 10-year-old Airbus A321, departed Cleveland shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday. It was scheduled to return to Cleveland at 11:30 a.m., but that flight was canceled, according to PYOK.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the flight attendants&#8217; illnesses was not immediately known, and their conditions after landing were unclear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/frontier-airlines-jet-flying.jpg\" alt=\"A Frontier Airlines jet.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Four flight attendants aboard Frontier Flight 1046 reportedly experienced headaches and nausea as the aircraft approached Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Ken Cedeno\/Reuters \/ Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>FOX Business has reached out to Frontier Airlines for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Globalt Investments senior portfolio manager Keith Buchanan discusses the airline industry, JPMorgan and his top market picks for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-371329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}