A passenger plane travelling to New York from Saudi Arabia had made an emergency landing at Heathrow after a woman reportedly gave birth on board.
An emergency was declared on the Boeing 777 while it was flying over Northern Ireland.
The Boeing 777 Saudi Airlines plane was en route from Jeddah, in the Middle Eastern kingdom, to New York’s JFK airport.
Flight tracking radar shows that an emergency was declared while the plane was flying over Northern Ireland.
It had travelled over northern England before flying over Northern Ireland. However, it turned around over Ireland and started travelling towards Wales.
The aircraft coasted in over Rhyl at 30,000 feet and continued its flight over Buckley and Wrexham, the Daily Post reported.
Pictures show the plane landed at Heathrow at about 11.10am. The plane was dumping fuel ahead of its landing at the west London airport.
Flight 21 from Jeddah to New York’s JFK airport operates daily and the 10,000km flight normally takes about 12 hours to complete.
Saudia is the national airline of Saudi Arabia and operates 163 aircraft ranging from large Boeing 777s to smaller Embraer 175 aircraft.
Latest Stories
-
KNUST College of Health Sciences embraces problem-based learning
22 seconds -
Ecobank-Joynews Habitat Fair 2024 opens in Accra
5 mins -
2nd Blue Economy Conference set for February 19
29 mins -
Livestream: Launch of Ghana’s 5G technology underway
59 mins -
Hometown Records launches in Kumasi; signs Ben Brainy as first artiste
1 hour -
22024/25 GPL: Asante Kotoko seek redemption against visiting Lions
1 hour -
Joy Prime’s ‘Made in Ghana Fair’ returns this November with thrilling activities
1 hour -
Election 2024: Ghanaians cite unemployment as their main problem – Afrobarometer report
1 hour -
Mr Eazi and Mugeez drop ‘For my head’, hinting at joint album
1 hour -
Manchester United appoint Amorim as manager
1 hour -
JoySports Invitational: ‘Tournament was exciting and well put together’ – McDan, Peeva Beverages hail
2 hours -
Speaker recalls Parliament to sit on November 7
2 hours -
Benjamin Adjetey Sowah
2 hours -
ACA, SNI and partners introduce quarterly webinar on cashew sustainability
2 hours -
Herman Owula Kojo Chinery-Hesse
2 hours