British Airways flight declares mid-air emergency on way to Heathrow

A British Airways flight has declared a mid-air emergency on Tuesday, according to AIR LIVE. The flight BA993 was on its way to London Heathrow from Germany.

The aircraft took off from Berlin's Tegel Airport at 3:17 pm local time.

It was initially scheduled to land at 4:20 pm UK time but issued an alert over The Netherlands.

The Airbus A319-131, flight number BA993, made its final descent towards the airport and landed safely around 3:40 pm.

The pilots requested an emergency landing reportedly due to an unwell passenger onboard.

Pilots sounded a Squawk 7700, the aviation term for a general emergency.

LIVE British Airways #BA993 from Berlin is declaring an emergency inbound London Heathrow https://t.co/VJQjgbJ66T pic.twitter.com/EMnwCq0wiG

— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) September 24, 2019

Further details are awaited.

This is a developing story.