A Lufthansa plane was delayed 8 hours after it diverted twice — first due to a medical emergency and then the crew reached their time limit

• A Lufthansa flight from Argentina to Germany took nearly a whole day after delays.
• One passenger required medical attention after falling ill about 5 hours into the flight.

A Lufthansa flight was delayed by eight hours on Tuesday because it was twice diverted following a medical emergency, Simple Flying first reported.

The Boeing 747 had to make two extra landings while traveling from Buenos Aires in Argentina to Frankfurt, Germany — a journey that took 21 hours instead of 13 hours, data from flight tracking site Flightradar24 showed.

Just off the northern coast of Brazil near the equator – nearly 5 hours into the flight – a medical emergency on board forced the plane to turn around and land at Natal in Brazil, a Lufthansa spokesperson confirmed to Insider.

The plane then carried on across the Atlantic Ocean, before safety requirements meant that the Lufthansa crew were nearing the maximum time limit on duty, Simple Flying reported.

Less than an hour away from Frankfurt, the plane had to land at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport in order to replace the crew.

Then, after the already prolonged flight was nearing 24 hours, the Lufthansa jet finally landed in Frankfurt.

If you include the 5-hour time difference, passengers took more than a whole day traveling from South America to Europe.