Air France flight makes unscheduled stop at Prestwick amid fire alert

A transatlantic flight had to make an emergency stop near Glasgow after a fire alarm went off on board.

The Air France passenger jet from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Vancouver, Canada, was diverted to Glasgow Prestwick, where it landed normally at around 1.10pm on Saturday.

It is understood a fire alarm went off on the aircraft, forcing crews to make the unscheduled stop.

A spokeswoman for Glasgow Prestwick Airport said: “As far as we understand, there was no fire.

“The alarm went off so the plane had to come down.''

Flight tracking data shows the aircraft had passed Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis before looping back round to land at the South Ayrshire airport.

Around 300 passengers were travelling on the Boeing 777-200 at the time