Overview
- The Jet2 Boeing 737‑8 operating flight LS178 from Alicante set transponder code 7700 for a general emergency about two and a half hours after departure on Saturday, June 13, and continued to Glasgow where it landed safely shortly after its scheduled arrival.
- Jet2 told reporters that the crew followed procedure and asked for a priority landing because of a medical emergency on board.
- Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 places the aircraft at roughly 23,000 feet over the Irish Sea near Stranraer when the emergency squawk was activated and shows the plane then flying over Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire en route to Glasgow.
- A 7700 squawk signals a general emergency and triggers priority handling by air traffic control and ground emergency services but does not by itself specify whether the issue is medical or technical.
- UK aviation authorities including the Civil Aviation Authority have been contacted for comment and no formal investigation report or public confirmation of the incident’s precise nature has been published yet, so follow up reporting is likely.