Ryanair plane makes emergency landing at Stansted
The aircraft made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff this morning
A Ryanair flight has made an emergency landing at Stansted Airport today (28 May).
Flight tracking website, Plane Finder, showed the aircraft issued "Squawk" code 7700 shortly after takeoff before 10am.
According to planefinder.net the 7700 code refers to a "more general emergency".
A spokesperson for Ryanair said:
"A non-passenger Lauda Europe flight LW888 today (28 May) experienced a technical problem in-flight.
"In accordance with procedures, the Captain requested priority landing at Stansted, where the aircraft landed safely at approx. 10:07 local time."