Sunday, November 24th, 2024
A Glasgow-bound flight was forced to divert after possible smoke was detected in the cabin.
Jet2 flight LS138 was operating between Fuerteventura and Glasgow with 170 passengers and six crew members onboard when the incident took place on Monday.
Flight crews declared an emergency around 50 miles off the coast of Galicia and requested an immediate diversion to Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport near Santiago de Compostela.
Following a rapid descent above Galicia, the Boeing 737-800 plane landed at Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport without further incident around 7.15pm local time, with emergency services meeting the plane on the tarmac.