Edinburgh easyJet flight forced to divert after mid-air 'emergency'

An easyJet flight to France which departed from Edinburgh on Saturday morning was forced to divert after an emergency was declared mid-air. Flight EZY52GV landed in Manchester just over an hour after taking off.

It left the capital slightly later than scheduled at 7.14am on February 7, bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. However, a squawk 7700 was issued by the captain, signalling a general emergency.

According to data from online tracker Flightradar24, the plane circled south of Manchester before heading north to land at the city’s airport at 8.23am.

The nature of the incident is currently unknown. However, it is understood that ground vehicles including fire engines surrounded the aircraft after it arrived.

It comes just four days after the same squawk code was issued on board an easyJet flight from Edinburgh to Fuerteventura, which had to divert to Portugal on Tuesday afternoon.

After around two hours of cruising at 38,000ft, the aircraft squawked and diverted to Porto Airport, landing at around 1.30pm.

easyJet has been contacted for comment.

Edinburgh easyJet flight forced to divert after mid-air ’emergency’

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