A two-year-old child is reported to have suffered from cardiac arrest on a JetBlue flight travelling from Pittsburg to Boston. The plane was forced to implement an emergency landing at Logan International Airport Thursday evening.

The pilot immediately reported the medical emergency of Flight 1786 to the airport authorities. The child and his family were met by an ambulance upon landing at about 5:45 p.m., according to Massachusetts State Police Trooper Matthew Guarino.

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Victoria Lucia, a spokeswoman for New York-based JetBlue Airways Corporation, the plane was granted priority landing following the report of the medical emergency.

The child was in "full cardiac arrest" when the medical attendants responded, Trooper Guarino added.

As defined in mottchildren.org, cardiac arrest is a fatal condition in which the heartbeat of a person stops abruptly and unexpectedly. Persons who experience this should be given immediate treatment.

According to medical practitioners, heart attack on children is extremely rare. Experts say that wide spread screening program should be put in place.

Road intersections were blocked by troopers to assist the ambulance in rushing the child in Massachusetts General Hospital. The child's father and brother were driven by another trooper to the hospital.

The child and his family are from Boston suburb of Needham. There still has been no report of the condition of the patient since Thursday night.

A doctor from Pennsylvania, who was also on board at the flight, has given the boy medical attention until the safe landing, Trooper John Morris shared to WBZ News.

The boy was reported to be unconscious, but still had a pulse upon rushing him to the hospital.

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