A Lufthansa A340 made an emergency landing during the night at Manchester.
Lufthansa flight #LH423 from Boston to Frankfurt declared an emergency and landed into Manchester.
The Airbus A340 (reg. D-AIGP) departed Boston in the middle of the afternoon for a 7 hour-flight.
But while still cruising at 36,000 ft over North of UK, the crew contacted the ATC and declared an emergency due to a medical situation on board.
The 25 year-old-aircraft landed at Manchester Airport on runway 23R at 04:30 UTC.
The flight resumed its leg to Frankfurt and landed at 09:10 local time, 3 hours late.
