EasyJet UK flight declares mid-air emergency and suddenly diverts to Liverpool airport

EasyJet UK flight declares mid-air emergency and suddenly diverts to Liverpool airport EasyJet passenger plane EZY12NL left Glasgow at 8.09am this morning headed for Southampton but the flight was forced to divert to Liverpool after issuing an emergency signal An easyJet passenger plane has signalled a mid-air emergency on its way to Southampton. The plane, designated as flight EZY12NL took off from Glasgow at 8:09am this morning bound for the south coast city but something went wrong on route. Online flight trackers reported that the plane had squawked 7700 at around 9:52 am. The squawk 7700 emergency code issued by aircraft crews to alert air traffic controllers of trouble on board. After sending out the distress signal, the plane descended below 10,000ft and diverted to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The aircraft reportedly landed safely at 10:10am and the “emergency was resolved” according to the AeroSignals flight tracker. The Mirror has contacted easyJet for a comment. The news comes two weeks after a British Airways flight also made a sudden and steep descent and declared a mid-air emergency. Flight BA295 departed from London Heathrow bound for Chicago O'Hare International Airport on October 6 but the plane got into trouble over Ireland. The aircraft had climbed to its cruising altitude of 37,000ft when it appeared to encounter an issue and declared an emergency. Flight-tracking data shows the aircraft descended rapidly from cruising altitude to around 9,000ft. The plane burned fuel off the coast of Wales before touching down at Heathrow again at around 5pm. British Airways said the plane turned around after a "technical issue". British Airways Flight BA295 is operated by a 30 year-old Boeing 777-200ER registered as G-VIIA. According to simpleflying.com, G-VIIA is the oldest aircraft in the British Airways fleet, having been delivered to the airline in July 1997. It was also the first ever 777-200ER to roll off the production line. The carrier operates 43 Boeing 777-200ERs delivered between February 1997 and July 2009, with an average age of around 26 years. Shortly after the incident British Airways announced it was making a multi-billion investment into customer experience. BA unveiled new cabins will be arriving on its retrofitted A380s, in what it claimed was one of the most extensive cabin refurbishment programmes ever.