Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher is in stable condition after suffering a mid-air medical emergency.
Her brother, Todd Fisher, told The Associated Press that she was "out of emergency" and stabilised at a Los Angeles hospital on Friday afternoon. He said he could not discuss any other details about what happened.
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Carrie Fisher suffers heart attack
Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher is in a critical condition after suffering a 'cardiac episode' during a flight to Los Angeles.
Fisher reportedly went into cardiac arrest about 15 minutes before the plane landed, and was administered CPR while aboard the aircraft. TMZ reports that she was rushed to a hospital shortly after landing in Los Angeles around noon on Friday.
A source who said they were not authorised to discuss the incident said the actress was "in a lot of distress on the flight".
Fisher, who rose to stardom as Princess Leia, recently published an autobiography titled the Princess Diarist, her eighth book.
United Airlines issued a statement saying that Flight 935 from London to Los Angeles was met on the ground by medical personnel after the crew reported that a passenger was "unresponsive," but the airline did not name the stricken passenger.
"Our thoughts are with our customer at this time," the statement read.
Just prior to arrival, a pilot told the control tower that passengers who were nurses were attending to another "unresponsive" passenger."
"So they're working on her right now," the pilot said in a public recording of the conversation on liveatc.net.
Twitter messages posted by other passengers aboard the plane reported that Fisher had fallen ill, with one saying she had stopped breathing.
"Don't know how else to process this but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home. Hope she's gonna be OK," wrote filmmaker and YouTuber Anna Akana.
Comedian Brad Gage wrote, "I'm in complete shock. Anna Akana and I sat in front of Carrie Fisher on our flight from London and she was just taken off the plane by EMTs".
Fisher is the daughter of famous Hollywood couple Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
Fisher is considered Hollywood royalty who has written and spoken openly about her struggles in Hollywood. She took on her prickly relationship with her mother in the book-to-movie Postcards From the Edge. She's also been outspoken about her mental-health issues and the solution she's found - radical-sounding electroshock therapy.
I ask everyone to stop for a moment and send special thoughts to @carrieffisher.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 23, 2016
We are always with you, @carrieffisher.
— Darth Vader (@DarthVader) December 23, 2016
Thoughts and prayers for our friend and everyone's favorite princess right now.. @carrieffisher
— Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) December 23, 2016
Los Angeles Times, AP