An Uzbekistan Airways flight to New York was forced to divert to Iceland for an emergency landing.
Uzbekistan Airways flight HY101 departed Tashkent on Tuesday, January 28 2025 at 07:14 UZT for a 13 hour and 10 minute flight to New York JFK.
About 8 hours into the flight, while the Boeing 787-8 (registration UK78701) was cruising at 40,000 ft over Greenland, the crew decided to turn around.
Pilots contacted ATC requiring an immediate diversion to Reykjavík due to a medical emergency on board.
A mother gave life to a baby during the flight prompting the emergency landing et KEF Airport at 12:03 UTC on runway 01.
The Boeing aircraft was then parked to a remote stand and resumed the flight one hour later.
Both mother and child are safe.
