The Star Wars actress received medical treatment onboard a L.A.-bound flight, and was met by paramedics who performed CPR before transferring her to a local hospital. One witness tweeted that she stopped breathing for 10 minutes.
Carrie Fisher, the writer and actress famous for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, suffered a heart attack on a London to Los Angeles bound flight on Friday.The 60-year-old actress was rushed to the hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics after the 11-hour flight touched down at Los Angeles International Airport shortly after noon. Paramedics were standing by for the plane’s arrival and provided advanced life support and “aggressively treated and transported the patient to a local hospital,” fire department spokesman Erik Scott said.
Fisher, who was returning from a book tour in the U.K., suffered the heart attack as the United Airlines flight was making an approach to LAX. Several passengers who were on board took to Twitter to say the actress received medical attention from airline staff and passengers who attempted to revive her.
“Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home,” said YouTube star Anna Akana, who added that the actress “wasn’t breathing for 10 minutes or so.”
Update:
Differing reports on her condition, but this is the brother’s report:
Via Daily Mail:
The 60-year-old star’s brother, Todd Fisher, told Variety in a phone interview that the actress is not in stable condition despite previous reports. He said she is in the intensive care unit at the hospital and that ‘everybody’s praying for her.’
He added, ‘There’s nothing new from the doctors. There’s nothing new at all. … There’s no good news or bad news.’