India, Jan. 27 -- An Emirates flight travelling from Dubai to the UK was forced to divert and make an unscheduled landing at Edinburgh Airport on Monday morning after declaring an in-flight emergency. The aircraft, operating as Flight EK35, was originally scheduled to land at Newcastle Airport at 11.20 am on January 27, but did not complete its planned arrival.

Flight tracking data shows that the Boeing 777 spent several minutes circling above Newcastle and Sunderland before the crew triggered an emergency alert. Soon after, the pilot issued a Squawk 7700 signal, an internationally recognised code used by aircraft to declare a general emergency.

According to data from FlightRadar24, the aircraft attempted to land at Newcastle Airport tw...