A passenger plane has been forced to land in Scotland after declaring a mid-air emergency.
The KLM Airways flight, travelling from Amsterdam to Calgary declared the emergency around half an hour into its journey.
It declared a Squawk 7700 while flying off the west coast of Scotland.
#YYC-bound #KL677 #squawk7700 and has turned back. pic.twitter.com/07QwJPJn1U
— Christian Base 🇨🇦 (@ChristianBase) October 15, 2021
An emergency squawk is used to identify an aircraft that has a possible issue and enables it to have priority over other air traffic.
The flight made a u-turn while traveling over the Atlantic Ocean and began a rapid descent towards mainalnd Scotland.
It later arrived at Prestwick Airport shortly before 2pm.
KLM have been approached for comment.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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