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Craig Williams & Ryan Merrifield

UK flight declares mid-air emergency and lands in France as passenger falls ill

A flight bringing Brits back from Spain was forced to divert to France after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.

Jet2 flight LS134 departed Malaga at 11.55am on Thursday heading to Glasgow Airport, where it was scheduled to land at 2.25pm before crew declared the mid-air emergency, reports Glasgow Live.

A 'Squawk 7700' emergency was issued over the Bay of Biscay near the city of Lorient, with the plane descending quickly, before landing at Nantes Atlantique Airport just after 12.20pm.

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