Corey Feldman was hospitalized Monday afternoon after suffering a mid‑flight medical emergency on a commercial flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, officials said.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel went to Los Angeles International Airport after the flight landed to assist a 54‑year‑old male. The LAFD spokesperson said the man was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
A source close to Feldman said he became sick while still on the plane. A fellow passenger who is a doctor checked him on board before the aircraft landed and emergency responders met the flight at LAX.
The chronology underlines how quickly the situation developed: Feldman had been in Chicago on Sunday night to attend a 40th‑anniversary celebration of the film Stand By Me. He appeared at 'Stand By Me: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later' at The Chicago Theatre alongside Jerry O'Connell and Wil Wheaton, then posted a carousel of photos late Sunday showing his drive to Chicago and a stop at Michael Jackson's childhood home in Gary, Indiana — a visit he noted fell on the 10th anniversary of the King of Pop's death.
By Monday afternoon, the trip had turned into a medical emergency. The man LAFD assisted was described as 54 years old; he was taken from the airport to a nearby hospital for additional treatment and observation.
Hospital doctors, while still evaluating Feldman, were considering pancreatitis or gallstones as possible causes of his sudden illness, officials said. Those conditions can produce abrupt, severe abdominal pain and often require imaging and bloodwork to confirm; the statement from responders made clear a definitive diagnosis had not been reached at the time of transport.
The contrast between Feldman's public appearance on Sunday night and his hospitalization about 24 hours later is the immediate friction in the story: he was on stage and posting on social media, then became unwell enough on the flight home that a doctor passenger and airport emergency crews were needed. The details released so far cover the response and transfer to hospital but stop short of a final medical finding.
What happens next is straightforward and ordinary for mid‑flight medical emergencies: Feldman remained under medical care at a Los Angeles hospital where clinicians would run the necessary tests and monitor him to determine whether gallstones, pancreatitis or another condition caused his symptoms. Authorities said only that he was transported for further evaluation and treatment; no confirmed diagnosis or prognosis had been released.
