The plane did a U-turn above the Orkney isles and headed to Glasgow.
The American Airlines flight, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, was flying from Frankfurt to Dallas on Sunday when crews declared an emergency by signalling a Squawk 7700.
A Squawk 7700 code is used to communicate on-flight emergencies and, depending on the nature and severity of the situation, crews may conduct checks before formally declaring an emergency., the aircraft can be seen departing Germany at 10.50am, and flying over the Netherlands and the North Sea.The plane has landed in Glasgow and is expected to depart from there at 2pm.
American Airlines flight 71 a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with registration N826AN en route from Frankfurt to Dallas has squawked emergency code 7700 and is diverting to Glasgow
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