Ryanair flight FR1954 from Birmingham declared an emergency and diverted to Gatwick

Category: Emergency Europe

Airline: Ryanair
Tail: Aircraft: Boeing 737-8AS
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A flight to Palma De Mallorca declared an emergency over France and diverted to London.

The flight FR1954 departed Birmingham Airport today at 07:30 BST for a flight to Palma De Mallorca, Spain.

The Boeing 737-800 (registration EI-EKR) was cruising at 37,000 feet near Paris when the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

Instead to divert to Paris Beauvais Airport, a Ryanair base, the crew required to return to UK Airspace and was vectored to London Gatwick.

The flight landed at 09:04 BST on runway 08R and taxied to stand 22 likely due to a medical emergency.

The flight resumed only 1 hour later, after refueling, departed at 10:13 BST and is expected to land at 13:19 CEST at PMI Airport.

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