Thursday 7 July 2022 05:03 AM Grandma who had heart attack mid-flight is saved by quick-thinking Virgin ... trends now
A grandmother who nearly died after suffering a heart attack mid-flight is alive to tell the story thanks to the help of quick-thinking airline crew.
Jennifer Holm, 73, and her partner John Muller were flying home from Sydney to Perth on July 1 after holidaying in Fiji when things took a drastic turn.
Ms Holm was sleeping onboard the Virgin Australia flight when she suddenly woke up with pins and needles.
Mr Muller noticed she had turned 'grey' and she then started to shake.
He called for a flight attendant to bring her some water but the cabin manager Sarina Bedwell soon realised Ms Holm was suffering a major medical episode.
Jennifer Holm, 73, is seen in hospital in Adelaide after suffering a heart attack while on board a Virgin Australia flight
Ms Holm, 73, and her partner John Muller (pictured in Fiji) were flying home from Sydney to Perth on July 1 after holidaying in Fiji when things took a drastic turn
'We were half an hour into the flight and I all of a sudden started to feel really weird- just terrible,' Ms Holm said.
'I felt nauseous and short of breath, and then I said to John that I felt terrible and he looked at me and said I was grey.'
Virgin pilot Craig Lehmann said when Ms Holm fell unwell the plane was close to approaching a point in the trip that meant they wouldn't be able to turn back.
'When you get someone as sick as Jenny, you think of her as if she was your mum or your grandma and you just think every minute counts, we need to get her on the ground,' Mr Lehmann told Daily Mail Australia.
Every airline has access to an online medical service called MedLink, that crew can dial in to get assistance.
But the Virgin crew were unable to connect to the line during the flight.
Ms Bedwell and her team immediately put
