A plane heading for Glasgow has performed a mid-air U-turn after transmitting an emergency signal shortly after departing. The Flybe flight, operated by Swift Air, departed Birmingham Airport on the evening of Monday August 15, Birmingham Live reports.
However, automated online systems soon kicked into gear at 6.56pm after a 7700 "squawk" signal indicated a general emergency.The message was first received while the plane flew over Otherton in Penkridge, Stafford, at which point it turned around mid-air.The aircraft then landed at Birmingham Airport at around 6.10pm - 25 minutes after take-off.
It is not clear why this was the case.Glasgow Airport's arrivals board had the flight scheduled to arrive at 7.25pm, but the expected arrival time was listed as 9pm.
Flightradar24 shows that the plane took off again ay 8.18pm and landed in Glasgow exactly one hour later.Website, Planefinder, had previously read: "The flight you're trying to view has landed or is out of range of our tracking network."Birmingham Live have contacted NATS, the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services.
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