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“United Flight” Diverts To Edinburgh After Mid-Air Emergency
December 10, 2025
7:45 am
London–San Francisco United Airlines flight diverted to Edinburgh after pilots declared a mid-air emergency prompted by a burning smell onboard.
United Airlines flight bound for the United States made an unscheduled landing in Scotland after the crew declared a mid-air emergency and diverted the aircraft to Edinburgh, prompting a response from emergency services before the situation was later stood down.
Boeing aircraft departed London at 2:05 p.m. local time and was scheduled to fly across the North Atlantic to San Francisco. But roughly two hours into the journey, pilots issued a “7700 squawk,” the international transponder code used to
