Security Takes Medications At Checkpoint; Appear Later On Plane

A Swedish woman is doing okay now, after she went into allergic shock and lost consciousness for nearly half an hour while on a recent flight from Paris to Stockholm. Why did that happen? Turns out her medication was taken away during a security check in France.

A travelling companion says Lidia Holsten's medicines were taken from her by personnel who only spoke French... even after they told airport personnel she suffered from severe asthma, and needed her medication with her.

"We don’t speak the language and the airport staff refused to speak anything other than French. They only pointed at a sign, threw our things away in a bin and we did not know what happened to them. Everything got very confused," said Karl-Erik Rapp, who was travelling with Holmsten, to The Local newspaper.

The medicines, which Holmsten had placed in a box with her name on it, were tossed in a bin.

Holmsten went into allergic shock on the plane. Oddly, when a flight attendant alerted the pilots of the possible medical emergency... she came back with an unmarked bag that had the woman's antihistamines inside.

"I was shocked. The stewardesses were shocked and the passengers alarmed. The pilot came to talk to us afterwards and told that he had been ready to make an emergency landing," said Rapp.

Thankfully, this particular incident ended safely... and the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority stressed it is a good idea to have a doctor's note with you, if you're carrying medication of any kind in your carry-on baggage.

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