British Airways flight BA519 is declaring an emergency on approach to London

A flight from Lisbon to London Heathrow has declared an emergency while entering Britain’s airspace.

British Airways flight BA519 departed Lisbon Airport at 18:33 WEST delayed almost 2 hours compared to scheduled time.

The Airbus A319 (registration G-EUPG) was scheduled to land at 19:10 BST at London Heathrow.

Pilots have declared an emergency (squawk 7700) while starting approach to LHR to require a priority landing.

UPDATE 20:50 BST
Landings are switched from runway 27L to runway 27R.

UPDATE 20:58 BST
Flight BA519 is now on final approach to runway 27L.

UPDATE 21:05 BST
The A319 has landed on runway 27L, met by emergency vehicles.

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UPDATE 21:07 BST
The aircraft has vacated the runway.

UPDATE 21:09 BST
Aircraft on stand by on taxiway to be inspected, met by fire trucks.

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UPDATE 21:15 BST
Landings are resuming on runway 27L.

UPDATE 21:18 BST
The aircraft is escorted by fire trucks.

UPDATE 21:24 BST
Now on stand A14 at terminal 5.