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General image of a Jet2 plane<\/p>\nThe plane was heading to Rome when it changed courseGeneral image of a Jet2 plane<\/p>\n
A Jet2 flight was forced to divert to Birmingham Airport after declaring an emergency mid-air.<\/p>\n
The plane left Edinburgh Airport and was heading to Rome in Italy on Monday, May 5.<\/p>\n
It was in the air when it issued a 700 squawk code signalling an emergency onboard.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong>All the NatWest branches shutting for good next month<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The flight was initially due to leave Edinburgh at 6.15am but did not depart until about 6.50am.<\/p>\n It was scheduled to land in Rome at about 10.20am but was delayed after the pilot declared an emergency about half-an-hour into the journey.<\/p>\n The LS3915 flight was diverted to Birmingham Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n Don’t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n An emergency squawk is used to identify an aircraft which has a possible issue so is can have priority over other air traffic, The Scottish Sun reports.<\/a><\/p>\n Images from FlightRadar24 indicated the plane was heading south towards Rome until it started to fly over Stoke-on-Trent.<\/p>\n It then veered off course out to the east.<\/p>\n The plane began to pass Birmingham<\/a> Airport but circled back, looping around in the sky.<\/p>\n It landed safely at the airport at about 7.40am.<\/p>\n