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<\/p>\nIt has not been reported the exact nature of the incident<\/p>\n
Jet2 is one of the UK’s biggest airlines(Image: Liz Leyden via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A Jet2 flight travelling from Turkey declared a mid-air emergency as it approached Glasgow. The Boeing 737 issued a ‘Squawk 7700’ – the international code for a general emergency – while over the North Sea this afternoon. The plane was flying at around 36,000ft when the alert was issued.<\/p>\n
The Jet2<\/a> flight was given priority approach into Glasgow Airport. It had taken off from Dalaman in Turkey and was scheduled to arrive in Scotland at 4.35pm UK time, The Mirror<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n Flight tracking data shows the plane maintained its altitude briefly after the alert was issued before descending when it was granted priority descent by Air Traffic Control, AirLive reports.<\/p>\n The Jet2 flight safely landed on runway 23 at 4.32pm. The exact nature of the incident remains unclear.<\/p>\n This comes after the boss of a major airline warned more flight cancellations are coming after his firm was forced to axe some journeys from the UK.<\/p>\n Norse Atlantic Airways CEO Eivind Roald has already been forced to cancel flights from London Gatwick Airport to Los Angeles. He says he had to act after the price of jet fuel skyrocketed \u201cmore than 100 per cent after a few days\u201d.<\/p>\n Dozens of airlines across the world have cancelled flights as Iran\u2019s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz – a critical waterway for global supplies – continues. Simultaneously, Donald Trump is still ordering the US Navy to blockade Iranian ports.<\/p>\n