{"id":66630,"date":"2026-08-06T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/66630\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:28:10","slug":"uk-jet2-flight-to-spain-declares-emergency-and-diverts-to-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/66630\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Jet2 flight to Spain declares &#8217;emergency&#8217; and diverts to land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A UK Jet2 flight on its way to Spain declared an emergency in mid-air this morning, causing it to land at Manchester Airport. The <a data-ylk=\"slk:plane;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/jet2com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">plane <\/a>departed from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and was heading towards Palma de Mallorca Airport before the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Thursday morning (August 6) real-time aviation alert service Squawk posted on X said that the Boeing 737-800 issued a 7700 general emergency alert. The emergency signal was reportedly declared at 12,875 ft on its flight path near Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Flightradar24 website, the 8am flight changed direction as it flew near Shrewsbury before heading back towards Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A passenger, travelling to Palma for a long weekend with his wife, brother and sister-in-law, told <a data-ylk=\"slk:ECHO;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/live-jet2-manchester-airport-emergency-34412720\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ECHO<\/a> on the morning of the flight they had landed safely in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Boeing 737-800 flight was heading to Palma de Mallorca Airport\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/chronicle_live_114\/3351eadc9b3bb5cec4fd7a8e7d4c4454.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Boeing 737-800 flight was heading to Palma de Mallorca Airport -Credit:Flightradar24<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The passenger said: &#8220;As soon as the plane took off there was a sudden vibration and more noise, but nothing that alarmed passengers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Around 15 minutes into the flight the captain said there was an issue. Everyone remained calm and the stewards were professional. The captain reassured everyone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The plane landed safely at Manchester airport and we are expecting to get on another flight to resume our journey around 11.25am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the passenger Jet2 has organised for another flight to continue their outward journey to Palma around 11.25am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A spokesperson for Manchester Airport confirmed the Jet2 aircraft has landed safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Did you know you can make ChronicleLive a preferred source&#8230; Here&#8217;s more information about what this means and how to do it &#8211; you can also do it straight away by <a data-ylk=\"slk:clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=E&amp;source=gmail&amp;q=https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=chroniclelive.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A UK Jet2 flight on its way to Spain declared an emergency in mid-air this morning, causing it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26526,1392,3967,334,4939,17],"class_list":["post-66630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-flight-path","tag-jet2","tag-liverpool-john-lennon-airport","tag-manchester-airport","tag-palma-de-mallorca-airport","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}