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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
Craig Williams & Josh Sandiford

Glasgow bound flight declares mid-air emergency and diverts back to Birmingham

A flight from Birmingham to Glasgow was forced to return to Birmingham Airport after declaring an emergency shortly after takeoff.

Flybe flight BE796, which departed around 5:45pm this evening, issued an emergency squawk 7700 code as the plane was travelling at an altitude of around 11,000 feet above Derby.

The squawk 7700 code is reserved for emergency situations and immediately alerts Air Traffic Control (ATC) and other nearby planes that the aircraft squawking 7700 is in distress.

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