It’s currently the most-tracked flight in the world
A Ryanair flight has declared a mid-air emergency over UK airspace and is currently the most-tracked flight in the world.
The Ryanair 737-800 with the registration EI-EMD has turned around over the North Sea off the coast of the north east of England after squawking 7700, meaning to declare a mid-air emergency.
The plane was undertaking a flight from Manchester to Oslo, but only made it around a third into the flight before undertaking the U-turn.
It is fairly common for planes to squawk 7700, with it happening multiple times around the world each day.
It is not known yet the reason for declaring a mid-air emergency, although these kind of incident are fairly common and could be anything from a technical issue to a sick passenger.
The plane is currently the most tracked in the world on Flightradar24.
The aircraft appears to be returning to Manchester Airport.
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