An SAS flight inbound to Edinburgh from Stockholm has declared an emergency, squawking code 7700 enroute.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight SK2545, an Airbus A320-200 operating from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport has declared the emergency whilst approaching Edinburgh.
SAS SK2545 Stockholm-Edinburgh
Flight SK2545 declared the emergency whilst in the initial descent phase for the approach to Edinburgh. The nature of the emergency is not yet known.
11:07 UTC: Approach to Edinburgh (EDI)
Flight SK2545 has continued its approach to the destination Edinburgh Airport (EDI), maintaining the priority squawk code 7700. The flight is now passing through 2,000 feet on approach.
Weather for the flight’s arrival is visual conditions (VFR), with visibility 8 kilometres and 4,200 foot ceiling.
11:12 UTC: Landed Edinburgh (EDI)
Having declared an emergency whilst inbound to Scotland earlier this morning, SAS flight SK2545 has now landed at Edinburgh Airport.
Flight Details
Flight data shows that SAS flight SK2545 made an on-time departure out of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) this morning at 11:00 local time. The flight had proceeded normally, climbing to flight level FL380 (38,000 feet) for the service to Scotland.
The flight crew conducted the top of descent normally and squawked emergency transponder code 7700 at 10:50 UTC as the flight passed FL260 on initial descent. The operating crew then conducted the remainder of the flight as an emergency priority.
The aircraft conducting this morning’s SK2545 service from Stockholm was an Airbus A320neo, registered EI-SIU. This is a 2 year old narrowbody aircraft operated by the carrier SAS Connect. It has been in operational service with the airline since its initial delivery from the factory in November 2022. The aircraft bears the airline name ‘Olaf Viking’.
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