Jimmy Carter 85, takes ill

JIMMY CARTER, 85, was taken into hospital for observation after developing an upset stomach on a flight to Cleveland.

Jackie Mayo, a spokeswoman at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, says the former US president was a passenger on a Delta flight to Cleveland late Tuesday morning and became ill. She says he was taken off a plane by rescue crews.

The website for Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cleveland says Carter was scheduled to appear at yesterday to sign and talk about his new book, White House Diary.