Air France flight AF1058 has declared an emergency after landing attempt on runway 25 at Newcastle airport, UK.

The wind is gusting up to 43 kt from 240° this morning at Newcastle airport, making landings very challenging.

The crew declared an emergency due to low fuel and required a diversion.

The flight is operated by an Embraer 190 (registration F-HBLL).

UPDATE 11:05 GMT
Flight AF1058 is diverting to Edinburgh.

UPDATE 11:22 GMT
The aircraft has landed runway 24 at Edinburgh Airport.

The airline is planning a short stopover and will resume the flight to Newcastle when the wind will calm down.

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An IT issue at Edinburgh, Scotland is forcing the airport to halt flight operations.

The airport is announcing engineers are working to resolve the issue. Passengers should check their flight status with their airline before travelling to the airport.

Flights affected:

• Ryanair flight FR2885 from Kaunas diverted to Glasgow
• easyJet U23264 from Munich is diverted to Glasgow
• Turkish Airlines TK1345 from Istanbul diverted to Manchester
• Loganair flight LM316 from Exeter
• Easyjet flight EZY601 from Luton
• Ryanair flight FR6643 from Bratislava
• British Airways flight BA1462 from London
• Ryanair flight RK860 from Agadir

The IT issue is affecting Air Traffic Control. According to AIRLIVE‘s source, the issue is affecting the electronic flight data system (EFDS).

UPDATE 17:00 GMT
European traffic regulator says arrivals are unavailable until 20:00 and will be regulated until 06:00 tomorrow.

UPDATE 18:54 GMT
The IT issue affecting Air Traffic Control has now been resolved and flights have now resumed.

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Flight #AC843 departed Frankfurt, Germany this Thursday at 17:40 CEST for a 8-hour flight to Toronto.

The Airbus A330-343X (registration C-GHKR) climbed to 36,000 ft and turned around before crossing the Atlantic.

The crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and descended to Edinburgh.

UPDATE 19:35 BST
After first intention to divert to Glasgow, flight #AC843 is going to Edinburgh.

UPDATE 19:39 BST
The Airbus A330-300 landed runway 06 at EDI 3 hours and 3 minutes after departure.

UPDATE 19:43 BST
The plane reached the stand.

UPDATE 20:00 BST
Estimated departure 20:30 from EDI.

UPDATE 21:10 BST
Flight #AC843 is resuming the flight after earlier diversion to Edinburgh due to a medical emergency.

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Virgin Atlantic flight #VS226 departed Orlando, FL on Friday, August 30 2024 at 10:00pm EDT for a 8-hour flight to Edinburgh, UK.

The flight was operated by an Airbus A350-1000 (registration G-VELJ), delivered to the airline only 4 months ago.

While starting the descent from cruising altitude of 39,000 ft, the pilots squawked 7700 (general emergency) North of Ireland.

Due to a medical situation on board, the emergency crew was alerted of the issue at Edinburgh Airport.

The Airbus A350K landed shortly before 11:00 on runway 06 and taxied to the gate.

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