Swiss Air flight to New York is declaring an emergency over London

A Swiss Air flight from Zurich to New York is declaring an emergency.

Flight from Zurich to New York Newark has declared an emergency over London at 17:15 UTC.

The Airbus A330-300 took off at 18h06 from Zurich and was supposed to land 8 hours later in Newark.

The aircraft turned around and descended to 10,000 ft, heading South.

• UPDATE Passengers complained about being denied a hotel room.
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  @FlySWISS LX 0018 from Zurich to Newark. After completing an emergency landing in Paris at 8pm we were at the airport till 2am waiting for hotel accomodations with no food till 1am. The hotel denied the voucher. My 5 yo had to sleep on a couch in the lobby till 5am. A nightmare. pic.twitter.com/JbYj5kkvMH

  — Abigail Yanco (@YancoAbigail) July 12, 2023

• UPDATE Swiss Air #SWR18N is diverting to Paris CDG due to possible depressurization issue.

The Airbus 330 (reg. HB-JHL) is a 11 year-old plane with 8 seats in first, 45 in business and 183 in economy class.