A Ryanair flight from Alicante made a U-turn and declared an emergency.
Ryanair flight FR2150 departed Alicante, Spain to to Birmingham, UK today. About one hour into the flight the crew declared an emergency and turned around over France and Andorra back towards Spain.
The Boeing 737-800 (registration 9H-QFN) was cruising at 36,000 feet when the crew squawked 7700 due to a medical emergency.
UPDATE 17:02 CEST
The flight is on approach to Barcelona.
UPDATE 17:15 CEST
Touch down on runway 06L.
UPDATE 17:18 CEST
Parked on remote area of the airport and met by paramedics.
