Scotland-bound easyJet flight forced to divert due to medical emergency
MID-AIR EMERGENCY Scotland-bound easyJet flight forced to divert due to medical emergency
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AN EASYJET flight heading to Glasgow was forced to divert after declaring a mid-air emergency.
The plane took off from Tunisia yesterday evening and was expected to touch down at the Scottish airport at 12.15am this morning.
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The easyJet flight was heading to Glasgow from Tunisia
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The aircraft was forced to divert to Birmingham
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But the EZY3172 flight from Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport was forced to divert to Birmingham.
The airline confirmed that a passenger needed "urgent" medical assistance.
They were met by medical teams at Birmingham airport.
The easyJet flight then continued to Glasgow later.
Flightrader24 shows the plane took off from Birmingham at 2.22am.
It was in the air for 30 minutes before landing in Glasgow early this morning.
The flight finally touched down at 2.52am.
A spokesperson for easyJet told Glasgow Live: "We can confirm that flight EZY3172 from Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport to Glasgow on 29 June was required to divert to Birmingham due to a passenger requiring urgent medical assistance.
"The customer was met by medical services and the flight continued to Glasgow later.
"The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority."
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