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En route from Palma de Mallorca to London Monarch A319 has just sqawked 7700 emergency and VERY quickly back tracked to land at Marseilles Provence.
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Has it landed safely then?
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An Airbus A321 en route from Palma de Mallorca to Gatwick declared an emergency and was forced into a rapid descent. Flight #ZB227 was diverted to Marseilles and landed just after half-past twelve this afternoon.
Then, just 20 minutes later, a second Monarch A321, #ZB403, which was flying from Faro in Portugal to Birmingham also declared an emergency. It was able to start its approach into Birmingham Airport and was able to land safely.
It has been reported that flight #ZB403 may have made an emergency descent because one of its passengers suffered a “diabetic emergency.” That is unconfirmed at this time.
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Flight #ZB227 declared an emergency and was forced into a rapid descent.
www.flightradar24.com/2014-06-17/11:16/12x/MON227/398399d
If you use FR24 to track the descent it would appear that it was flying normally at 36,000 ft and at 11.21 it suddenley started to drop at >4000 ft/min and change its heading slightly, before turning east, and then south, and then making a subsequent direct approach to the airport from the southsouth east.
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It landed at Gatwick at 15:49.
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>> If you use FR24 to track the descent it would appear that it was flying
>> normally at 36,000 ft and at 11.21 it suddenley started to drop at >4000 ft/min
>> and change its heading slightly, before turning east, and then south, and then making a
>> subsequent direct approach to the airport from the southsouth east.
I'd guess that was a medical issue too (or unruly pax to be put off). For tech emergency it ould lose lot more than 4000 fpm.
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Monarch Airlines MON227 Emergency divert - smokie
