A PLANE was forced to do a 'terrifying' landing in Glasgow Airport after descending 20,000 feet in a few minutes.
The British Airways flight BA1472 left London Heathrow at 7.30am this morning.
The aircraft crew then issued a Squawk 7700 alert after a passenger took ill which told air traffic control that they needed to land immediately.
The plane subsequently descended from 31,000 ft to 11,000 ft in a matter of minutes.
A Twitter user who shared the graph from FlightRadar24 commented on the rapid descent.
They wrote: "That has to be terrifying for the passengers."
British Airways inflight emergency 🚨#Squawk7700 BA1472 / SHT6C / A320 (G-EUYF) has squawked 7700 look at the altitude drop - that has to be terrifying for the passengers - now at 11,000 ft - dropped 20,000ft in a few mins pic.twitter.com/3iVhQzvlwT
— KC (@kci2013) July 18, 2022
The plane landed at Glasgow Airport at 8.24am.
A spokesperson for British Airways said: "The pilots requested a priority landing as a precaution due to a customer requiring medical assistance, and the flight landed normally."
Glasgow Airport confirmed that it was a medical priority landing and was met by their duty safety team followed by an ambulance.
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