A DHL flight operating from Milan to London Stansted has declared an emergency while approaching the destination.
DHL flight QY2120, operated by a Boeing 757-200F freighter, declared the emergency with squawk code 7700 while established in the descent for London Stansted.
DHL QY2120 Milan-London
Flight QY2120, operated by DHL Air Austria, declared the emergency whilst passing through FL200 on descent. The flight has continued the descent and approach procedure under emergency code 7700.
The nature of the emergency is not yet known.
01:10 UTC: Approach to London (STN)
Flight QY2120 has expedited the approach to the destination airport London Stansted (STN) and is now on final approach for runway 22.
01:17 UTC: Landed London (STN)
Having declared an emergency in the descent phase earlier this morning DHL flight QY2120 has now landed runway 22 London Stansted Airport.
Flight Details
Flight data shows that DHL flight QY2120 made an on-time departure out of Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) at 01:32 local time this morning. The flight was a scheduled freighter service to London Stansted Airport.
Following departure, the flight had proceeded normally, climbing to flight level FL380 for the northwesterly service to the United Kingdom. The initial descent was similarly conducted normally. Flight crew squawked transponder code 7700 at 00:53 UTC with the aircraft in UK airspace on descent.
The aircraft conducting this morning’s service from Milan was a Boeing 757-200F, registered OE-LNC. This is a 30 year old converted freighter belonging to the carrier DHL, and operated by DHL Air Austria.
It has been in operational service with the carrier since March 2016.
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