British Airways flight from LAX to Heathrow was forced to divert to Iceland after off-duty cabin crew worker ‘slit their wrists’

The crew member is believed to have made the dramatic suicide attempt in the toilets on board the Airbus A380

By STEPHEN MOYES & GUY BIRCHALL

Published: 15:52, 12 May 2016

A BRITISH Airways plane was diverted after a member of airline staff tried to kill himself at 30,000ft.

The cabin crew worker is understood to have slit his wrists in a cabin toilet on BA Flight 282 from Los Angeles to London.

The cabin crew member is said to have tried to slit his wrists after locking himself into the toilets aboard the London bound flight after which it diverted to Keflavik International Airport in Iceland (pictured)

There was horror on board the giant Airbus 380 when staff made the grisly discovery of their colleague.

It is not known what he used to cut himself. He was found slumped on the toilet seat after executive passengers noticed the cubicle had been locked for a long time.

Emergency medical help was given to the off-duty steward and the plane diverted to Iceland.

One British Airways worker told The Sun: “This was a terrible incident, everyone was upset.

: "It's very upsetting in retrospect when you consider what was going down.