A Turkish Airlines flight enroute from Amman, Jordan to Istanbul has declared an emergency whilst enroute.
Turkish Airlines flight TK813, a Boeing 737-800 from Jordan Queen Alia International Airport, declared an emergency with transponder code 7700 as it passed abeam Cyprus enroute to Istanbul.
Turkish Airlines TK813 Amman-Istanbul
Having declared an emergency and transmitted transponder code 7700 from cruising flight, Turkish flight TK813 has now reverted to a normal code, indicating that the emergency may be under control.
We will continue to monitor the flight’s progress. For now the flight is continuing to the destination Istanbul Airport (IST); having reverted to normal flight operating procedures.
00:00 UTC: Continuing Under Normal Flight Procedures
Turkish flight TK813 has now returned to operation under normal flight procedures. The nature of the emergency prompting the earlier emergency declaration is not known.
The flight is now maintaining flight level FL360 and continuing on flight plan track for the destination Istanbul Airport (IST).
The aircraft conducting this morning’s TK813 service from Jordan is a Boeing 737-800, registered TC-JVS. This is a 9 year old narrowbody aircraft belonging to the Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines. It has been in operational service with the airline since its initial delivery from the factory in May 2016.
AviationSource will confirm the flight’s arrival once it lands. For now, the flight is continuing under normal operating procedures.
Landed Istanbul (IST)
Having declared an emergency whilst enroute from Amman before returning to normal flight operations, flight TK813 has landed without further incident. The flight landed runway 18 Istanbul Airport (IST) at 04:30 local time.
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