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British Airways flight to London forced to make sudden landing after declaring mid-air emergency
AN EDINBURGH to London flight declared emergency due to a "technical issue" this morning.
The plane was travelling towards London Heathrow before squawking.
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- indicating a general emergency - near the Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, on Tuesday afternoon.
The UAL47 flight - destined for Houston, USA - only took off from Frankfurt, Germany at 1.48pm.
It was due to land in America at 5pm, but re-routed to Shannon Airport in Ireland due to a "medical emergency".
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The military Boeing flight, which is used to re-fuel other planes, was just over 6000ft when the emergency was declared.
The plane issued a 7700 alert after leaving Prestwick airport, Ayrshire.
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