ICYMI: Glasgow bound flight declares emergency over Holland and diverts to Amsterdam.
A flight bound for Glasgow was forced to divert to Amsterdam after a 'urgent medical emergency' on board.Flight FR4742 took off from Warsaw at around 6:15pm local time on the two hour 45 minute journey to Glasgow, where it was scheduled to land around 7:55pm local time at Glasgow Airport.However, flight records show the plane declared a 'squawk 7700' emergency above Northern Holland, descending rapidly from 38,000 feet and diverting to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Aircraft flight tracking site FlightRadar24 issued an alert in respect of the emergency situation, tweeting: "A quick descent down from 38,000 feet for a diversion into Amsterdam for FR4742 while squawking 7700."