International flight to major US city makes emergency landing at Scots airport after mid-air incident
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A PASSENGER plane jetting off to America was forced to make an emergency landing in Glasgow.
The huge Boeing jet was flying from Vienna in Austria to JFK Airport in New York City yesterday.
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The flight diverted to Glasgow
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But crew onboard the Austrian Airlines flight declared an emergency after a passenger became unwell onboard.
It was flying over Scotland as the serious situation unfolded.
The pilots diverted the plane to Glasgow where it made an emergency landing.
It landed at Glasgow at 12.28am where medical crews were waiting for the passenger.
The flight was then rescheduled and continued it's journey to JFK Airport.
It arrived in The Big Apple two and a half hours late.
A spokesperson for Austrian Airlines said: "We can confirm that our flight from Vienna to NYC with the flight number OS87 had to divert to Glasgow yesterday evening.
"The reason for this was a medical incident and the crew decided to approach the nearest airport.
"The flight arrived in New York with a delay of about 2.5 hours.
"The aircraft is currently on its way back to Vienna."
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