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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Rebecca Newlands

Texas-bound American Airlines flight lands in Glasgow after declaring emergency

A Texas-bound plane has landed in Glasgow after issuing an emergency code.

The American Airlines flight, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, was flying from Frankfurt to Dallas on Sunday when crews declared an emergency by signalling a Squawk 7700. 

A Squawk 7700 code is used to communicate on-flight emergencies and, depending on the nature and severity of the situation, crews may conduct checks before formally declaring an emergency.

The nature of this incident is not known. 

In a map on Flight Radar, the aircraft can be seen departing Germany at 10.50am, and flying over the Netherlands and the North Sea.

It reached the Orkney isles before taking a sharp U-turn and flying south towards Glasgow.

The plane has landed in Glasgow and is expected to depart from there at 2pm. 

American Airlines and Glasgow Airport was contacted for comment. 

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