Carrie Fisher in ICU after heart attack

Carrie Fisher has been hospitalized and is in intensive care after suffering a full cardiac arrest on Friday while aboard an airplane headed from London to Los Angeles.

The actress was in critical condition earlier in the day, an emergency official told Variety. She was moved from the emergency room to the Intensive Care Unit hours later, her brother, Todd Fisher, said later in the evening.

Airport police responded at approximately 12:15pm Pacific Time to a woman with a medical emergency on a plane at LAX International Airport's Terminal 7. Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics were already on the scene, performing CPR on a female victim who had gone into cardiac arrest, when airport police arrived.

Fisher, 60, reportedly went into cardiac arrest about 15 minutes before the plane landed following the 11-hour flight, TMZ first reported. She was reportedly taken to UCLA Medical Center and placed on a ventilator.

Her “Star Wars” costars, fellow actors, and others in Hollywood took to social media to send the actress well wishes.

Fisher, known for playing Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise, has recently been on tour promoting her memoir “The Princess Diarist”.

Source: Variety