{"id":916545,"date":"2026-04-25T00:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/916545\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:59:18","slug":"jet2-flight-from-turkey-declares-mid-air-emergency-as-it-approaches-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/916545\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet2 flight from Turkey declares mid-air emergency as it approaches Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jet2 flight travelling from Turkey to Scotland declared a mid-air emergency on its approach to Glasgow Airport – the Boeing 737 issued a ‘Squawk 7700’ alert<\/p>\n

20:24, 24 Apr 2026Updated 22:10, 24 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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The Jet2 plane declared an emergency over the North Sea (stock)(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A Jet2 flight travelling from Turkey to the UK declared a mid-air emergency on its approach to Glasgow Airport today.<\/p>\n

The Boeing 737 issued a ‘Squawk 7700’ – the international code for a general emergency – while over the North Sea this afternoon. The plane was flying at around 36,000ft when the alert was issued.<\/p>\n

The Jet2<\/a> flight was given priority approach into Glasgow Airport. It had taken off from Dalaman in Turkey<\/a> and was scheduled to arrive in Scotland<\/a> at 4.35pm UK time.<\/p>\n

Flight tracking data shows the plane maintained its altitude briefly after the alert was issued before descending when it was granted priority descent by Air Traffic Control, AirLive<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The Jet2 flight safely landed on runway 23 at 4.32pm. The exact nature of the incident remains unclear.<\/p>\n

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The exact nature of the incident remains unclear(Image: Air Nav)<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Carnival Splendor cruise passenger ‘jumps overboard’ hours after another tragedy<\/a>READ MORE: Jet2 flight from UK to Tenerife in mid-air emergency as baby falls ill on board<\/a><\/p>\n

This comes after the boss of a major airline warned more flight cancellations are coming<\/a> after his firm was forced to axe some journeys from the UK.<\/p>\n

Norse Atlantic Airways CEO Eivind Roald has already been forced to cancel flights<\/a> from London Gatwick Airport to Los Angeles. He says he had to act after the price of jet fuel skyrocketed<\/a> \u201cmore than 100 per cent after a few days\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dozens of airlines<\/a> across the world<\/a> have cancelled flights as Iran\u2019s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz – a critical waterway for global supplies – continues. Simultaneously, Donald Trump<\/a> is still ordering the US Navy to blockade Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BBC<\/a> Newsnight, Mr Roald revealed he expects airlines to keep cancelling flights. He said: \u201cFrom our side we will continue flying from London Gatwick and from Athens and Rome this summer, we don\u2019t have any plans to cancel more flights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to our competitors, I can\u2019t really say, I assume you will see more cancellations coming, we often see it coming in short haul flights in Europe. The long haul flights are still there.\u201d<\/p>\n

After cancelling journeys between London and Los Angeles, Norse Atlantic said: \u201cThis cancellation is due to the unforeseen global fuel crisis, and we unfortunately \u2013 with [a] heavy heart \u2013 had to cancel our beloved LAX routes with too high fuel risk exposure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will protect [a] sustainable future and our ability to remain a reliable service for our passengers this summer. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience, and apologise to passengers who have [had] their travel plans changed. We will assist disrupted passengers as best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jet2 flight travelling from Turkey to Scotland declared a mid-air emergency on its approach to Glasgow Airport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7826],"tags":[1500,748,918,4884,3088,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-916545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glasgow","tag-breaking-news","tag-britain","tag-glasgow","tag-great-britain","tag-jet2","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}