An Aer Lingus regional flight from Dublin has declared an emergency whilst inbound to Glasgow.
Aer Lingus flight EI3224, an ATR72-600 operating from Dublin, declared the emergency with squawk code 7700 whilst approaching the destination.
Aer Lingus EI3224 Dublin-Glasgow
The flight declared the emergency with squawk code 7700 whilst in the descent passing through 11,000 feet earlier this afternoon. At this point, the aircraft was over in Scottish airspace in the early stages of the approach.
The nature of the problem giving rise to the emergency declaration is not yet known.
Update 15:50 UTC
Aer Lingus flight EI3224 is now landed and clear at the destination, Glasgow Airport (GLA).
Flight data shows the regional flight made a delayed departure out of Dublin Airport (DUB) today.
Actual time of departure is shown as 15:53 local time (14:53 UTC), against a scheduled departure time of 14:05 local.
The flight then set course normally, and made the crossing to Scotland at the cruising altitude of FL130 (13,000 feet). This is generally standard procedure for the short hop service.
Flight crew had initiated a descent and the aircraft had just passed through FL1100 when transponder code 7700 was transmitted.
The aircraft conducting this afternoon’s regional service from Dublin was an ATR72-600, registered EI-HDK. This is a 7.9-year old regional turboprop commuter aircraft belonging to the carrier Aer Lingus.
It has been in service with the airline since June 2022.
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