Mid-air drama as British Airways holiday flight diverted after passenger suffers ‘medical emergency’

A BRITISH airways flight has been diverted after a passenger suffered a "medical emergency".

Holidaymakers were returning to London from Gran Canaria when the pilots were forced to reroute.

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The plane was over northern France when the plane declared a 7700 general emergency.

The BA2707 flight took off from Gran Canaria Airport at 6.30pm on Sunday.

It was set to land at  Gatwick  - but instead landed at Brest, France, at 10.53pm.

The squawk code was issued at around 10pm.

A BA spokesperson said: "The flight diverted due to a customer requiring medical attention where it landed normally.

"Our teams are working to ensure customers are able to continue their journey as soon as possible."

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