Overview
- Flight LS178 broadcast Squawk 7700 over the English Channel, triggering priority handling by controllers.
- Tracking data showed a rapid descent and a turn away from the original route to Scotland.
- Air traffic control vectored the Boeing 737-800 to Bristol for an unscheduled landing with emergency services on standby.
- Jet2 confirmed the diversion was for a customer needing urgent medical attention and said everyone on board was safe, with no technical issue confirmed.
- After landing, the aircraft departed Bristol at 5:07pm and arrived in Glasgow at about 6:10pm.