Three flights were forced to divert to Bermuda last night, after one suffered damage to its windscreen and the other two reported medical emergencies.

Just before 7pm, RCC Bermuda received a call from the Air Traffic Control Tower Duty Officer at LF Wade International Airport, stating that he had received reports of an inbound plane 100 nautical miles or 100 miles southwest of the Island with a cracked windscreen.

The aircraft had been en route from St Maartin with ten people on board. Emergency services were contacted, but the aircraft landed safely at 7.18pm.

The flight was headed to New York, and a replacement aircraft was flown in, with passengers resuming their flight at about 10.30pm.

The Airport Duty Officer confirmed that a second plane, Air Canada flight 1687, was forced to divert to Bermuda and landed at about 9.15pm, after a passenger was taken ill on board.

The flight was travelling from Hewanorra International Airport in St Lucia to Montreal, Canada.

The sick passenger was transported to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) for treatment by ambulance and the flight resumed at about 10.35pm.

Hours later, RCC Bermuda was contacted by New York Air Traffic Control stating that a Jet Blue Airbus 320 was diverting to the Island due to a passenger suffering from suspected food poisoning.

The aircraft had been travelling from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston with 156 passengers.

The airport duty officer, Police and the Fire Service were contacted, and when the aircraft landed shortly after midnight an ambulance was waiting to take the 45-year-old passenger to KEMH.

The flight subsequently continued on to Boston at about 1:30am.