British Airways flight to Heathrow declares mid-air emergency and diverts to Manchester

British Airways flight to Heathrow declares mid-air emergency and diverts to Manchester The British Airways flight declared a mid-air emergency while travelling from Aberdeen to London Heathrow before diverting to Manchester Airport A British Airways flight bound for London Heathrow declared a mid-air emergency before diverting to Manchester Airport. The Airbus A320 left Aberdeen at 10.35am today and later diverted towards Manchester, according to flight data from Flightradar24. The flight tracking website shows the aircraft declared an emergency on board at around 11.10am as it was flying over Lancaster, landing at Manchester Airport minutes later. It was scheduled to arrive at Heathrow at 12.05pm. It's unclear when and if flight BA1301 will resume its journey to London. The nature of the emergency has also not yet been confirmed. The same aircraft had flown from Heathrow to Aberdeen this morning. Mirror Online has approached British Airways for comment. On Monday, passengers on a BA flight from Heathrow to Chicago had to use oxygen masks after the Boeing 777 plunged 28,000ft an hour into the flight. A mid-air emergency was declared following the steep descent over Ireland. The standard protocol for controlled rapid descents to lower altitudes (typically below 10,000 feet) often indicates a cabin depressurisation event, according to AirLive.net The plane went on to burn fuel off the coast of Wales before it landed back at London Heathrow at about 5pm - nearly five hours after it took off. British Airways said the pilot turned the plane around due to a "technical issue".