easyJet flight 'declares emergency' minutes after take off
The easyJet flight was due to head to Bodrum Turkey from Liverpool John Lennon Airport at 4.25pm today, Wednesday, July 2.
But moments after leaving the runway it declared an emergency, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.
They said the flight was "squawking 7700 shortly after take off from Liverpool".
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Squawking 7700 is the universally-recognised code used by aircraft to signal a general emergency to air traffic control.
Royal Air Force guidance says the 7700 is transmitted when there is a "general emergency" which could mean any kind of issue.
According to Flightradar24, the flight circled around the UK before it returned to Liverpool just before 5pm.
It had been in the air for around half-an-hour.
According to Flightradar24, the plane, an Airbus A320-214, is 11-years-old.
Our sister site, The Liverpool Echo, has approached easyJet and Liverpool John Lennon Airport for a comment.
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