A JET2 flight from Scotland was forced to make an emergency landing just minutes after take-off.
The aircraft was travelling from Edinburgh to Palma De Mallorca, Spain, this morning when the alarm was raised.
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Flight LS717 departed from the capital at 6:42am but later declared an emergency at 7:04am.
The aircraft was forced to divert to Manchester Airport where it landed safely.
The nature of the incident is currently unknown.
Aviation Source News said in a statement: “With Jet2 flight LS717 from Edinburgh (EDI) now landed at Manchester (MAN), the nature of the general emergency which resulted in this morning’s diversion is not yet known.
“The flight declared the emergency with squawk code 7700 whilst over northern England en route to PMI.”
Jet2 was approached for comment.
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