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

Holidaymakers had been returning to London from Gran Canaria tonight when the pilots were forced to make the emergency landing.

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 today.

It was set to land at London Gatwick Airport – 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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