An airline declared an emergency on one of their aircrafts while flying over Yorkshire this afternoon.
Airline Jet2 had to make an urgent landing after it declared an emergency situation via squawk code 7700 on the flight LS776 as it flew over the Yorkshire Dales on April 7.
@BootingPixel tweeted: "Jet2 737-800 on flight LS776 has declared an emergency situation via squawk code 7700 Reason is yet to be known but aircraft is looking to approach Edinburgh airport as soon as humanly possible Hope everything is okay on board."
@RadarBox24 said: "Jet2 #LS776 from Alicante to Edinburgh is declaring an emergency via squawk 7700."
Squawking 7700 is the code used to indicate an emergency and Jet2 has since confirmed this was needed to declare that someone was in need of urgent medical assistance on board the flight which was heading for Edinburgh.
The flight which had departed from Alicante landed safely at Edinburgh airport this afternoon so the passenger could get the assistance required.
A Jet2 spokesman said: "A customer onboard requires medical assistance."
