British Airways flight ‘declares mid-air emergency’ over UK moments after take-off

The plane is currently the most tracked in the world on Flightradar24

A British Airways A319 squawked 7700 while operating a domestic flight from Glasgow to London Heathrow Airport, under the flight number BA1481.

Squawking 7700 means to declare a mid-air emergency, doing so while flying over Scotland shortly after taking-off from Glasgow.

The plane then proceeded to enter a holding pattern over Larkhall and Lanark, doing multiple loops.

The plane has since landed back at Glasgow Airport.

A video on X showed the plane being followed by a number of fire engines while on the ground.

It is not known yet the reason for declaring a mid-air emergency, although these kind of incident are fairly common and could be anything from a technical issue to a sick passenger.

The plane is currently the most tracked in the world on Flightradar24.

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