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Lufthansa officials say a Vancouver-bound flight from Munich was diverted to Hamburg after a passenger suffered a medical issue.

Airline spokesman Michael Lamberty says flight LH476 was forced to land in Hamburg on Sunday afternoon and a passenger was de-boarded and taken to hospital for treatment.

He declined to provide information about the passenger's medical condition or nationality, citing German privacy laws.

Lamberty says the flight landed in Hamburg around 4 p.m. local time and took off again just before 6 p.m., and is expected to arrive in Vancouver later tonight.

The Canadian government had no immediate information about the incident.