A general emergency onboard was declared as the aircraft neared Edinburgh just before 4pm.Kris Gourlay and Eve Beattie News Reporter at Daily Record
14:56, 09 Aug 2025
A passenger jet from Istanbul declared a mid-air emergency as it came in to land at Edinburgh Airport.
Turkish Airlines flight TK1345 touched down in the capital just before 4pm on Friday, August 8, after issuing a 7700 code – the universal signal for a general emergency.
According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, the aircraft declared the emergency during its descent into Edinburgh, just above Midlothian.
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A Turkish aviation outlet later posted on X: “THY’s Airbus 321 passenger plane, operating the Istanbul-Edinburgh flight today, declared an emergency.
“The pilots of THY flight TK1345 set the transponder system to 7700 to indicate the emergency. It is not yet known why the cockpit crew declared an emergency in Scottish airspace.”
FlightRadar24 data confirmed the plane landed safely in Edinburgh. Turkish Airlines has been contacted for comment.