In the last few moments, an easyJet flight between Geneva and Seville has declared an emergency over Southern France.
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OE-IJX is the Airbus A320 operating this flight.
Updates: easyJet Flight Geneva-Seville Declares Emergency…
This is a developing story. Updates below.
UPDATE #1 @ 1241 UK time
easyJet flight U21391 from Geneva to Seville has been seen at FL90 over the South of France. It is unclear what the nature of the emergency is at this present moment.
UPDATE #2 @ 1245 UK time
OE-IJX, the aircraft operating this flight, is a 7.0 year old Airbus A320 that started out life with the carrier in the UK as G-EZPW back in February 2017. It was handed over to the Austrian subsidiary in April 2018.
Of the A320ceo variant, the European subsidiary has 76 in the fleet, of which 74 are in active service and two are currently parked, offering an average age of 8.8 years at present.
UPDATE #3 @ 1247 UK time
Toulouse Blagnac Airport looks to be the diversion airfield for flight U21391 as the aircraft continues it’s descent and gets ready for an emergency landing.
UPDATE #4 @ 1250 UK time
easyJet flight U21391 from Geneva to Seville looks to have climbed to FL90 during it’s emergency broadcast. It could be to do with avoiding certain terrain at it’s current position.
UPDATE #5 @ 1258 UK time
U21391 is continuing it’s descent down, with Toulouse still the closest diversion field for this emergency.
UPDATE #6 @ 1302 UK time
U21391 is now on final approach into Toulouse following it’s emergency broadcast not too long ago.
UPDATE #7 @ 1307 UK time
TOUCHDOWN! easyJet flight U21391 between Seville and Geneva has appeared to have safely touched down into Toulouse following it’s emergency broadcast not too long ago.
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