A British Airways passenger jet reported an onboard emergency on a flight from Glasgow to London this morning. The BA9275 flight issued a 7700 alert as the aircraft crossed the border between England and Scotland at 11:49 am.
The plane departed Glasgow Airport at 11:28 am on Friday and was due to land at London Heathrow Airport at 12:14 pm.
But the Squawk 770 alarm went off about 25 minutes before the flight was due to land.
These alerts are used to identify an aircraft that may have a problem and give it priority over other air traffic.
A map of the plane’s route shows it circled twice over Manchester Airport just before noon.
According to reports, there were no passengers on the flight, as it was just a positioning flight.
British Airways has confirmed that the warning was issued due to a technical problem. Pilots requested priority landing.
A spokesperson said: “Our pilots requested a priority landing in Manchester as a precaution due to a minor technical problem, and the aircraft landed normally.”
The plane was able to land normally at the airport.
A spokesman for Manchester Airport confirmed that the flight had landed at the airport, but was unable to provide further information on why the flight had to be grounded.