A flight to Edinburgh declared a mid-air emergency on Saturday morning while en route from Orlando, Florida.
The Virgin Atlantic plane, flight VIR226, issued a squawk code 7700, signaling a ‘general emergency,’ shortly after departing from the U.S. airport around 1:56 am on August 31.
Virgin Atlantic later confirmed that a passenger had become unwell, and the aircraft was met by a medical team upon landing, reports Edinburgh Live.
Flightradar24 wrote on X: ” #VS226 from Orlando to Edinburgh is squawking 7700, indicating a general emergency. Reason currently unknown.”
Carrying a full plane of passengers, the Virgin Flight was thankfully able to make a safe landing at Edinburgh Airport.
Flight tracker website flightrader24 indicates the plane landed at around 9.57am.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: “Due to one of our passengers becoming unwell onboard, the VS226 travelling from Orlando to Edinburgh requested a priority landing and the aircraft was met by a medical team.
“The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always our number one priority and this is standard procedure taken purely as a precautionary measure.”
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