Jet makes emergency landing at Heathrow after woman gives birth en route to New York

A woman reportedly gave birth on board a flight from Saudi Arabia to New York forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Heathrow.

The Boeing 777 made a u-turn while flying over Northern Ireland after a female passenger’s waters broke and an emergency was declared.

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The Saudia passenger plane was flying from the city of Jeddah in West Saudi to JFK airport in New York.

Flight tracking radar shows the airline turning over Northern Ireland and swinging back round towards Wales.

After coasting over Rhyl at 30,000 feet, the plane travelled over Buckley and Wrexham according to the .

The airline was pictured landing at the West London hub at around 11:10am.

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Reports say the jet dumped fuel ahead of its arrival at Heathrow – which is standard procedure during emergency landing and reduces the weight of the aircraft.

Flight 21 operates daily from the Middle Eastern kingdom to the Big Apple with the 10,000km journey taking about 12 hours to complete.

Airline Saudia operates 163 aircraft and is the national airline of Saudi Arabia.

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