Flight crews declared an emergency around 50 miles off the coast of Galicia and requested an immediate diversion to Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport near Santiago de Compostela.
Following a rapid descent above Galicia, the Boeing 737-800 plane landed at Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport without further incident around 7.15pm local time, with emergency services meeting the plane on the tarmac.
Jet2 flight #LS138 from Fuerteventura Island to Glasgow diverted to Santiago de Compostela due to a burning smell in the cabin, according to @FlightEmergency.
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“The crew of the flight from Fuerteventura to Glasgow, off the Galician coast, declared an emergency due to possible smoke on board and required a diversion to Santiago”, the official X account of Spain’s air traffic controllers noted.
“We provided them with a continuous descent and the most direct route possible to approach runway 35 in Santiago, diverting traffic to ensure maximum priority.
“Finally, they landed without incident and the runway cleared, escorted by firefighters. Once the runway was reviewed, we sequenced the rest of the traffic for approach. We thank the crews involved for their collaboration.”
As La Voz de Galicia reports, another Jet2 aircraft arrived in Santiago from Manchester late on Monday evening to take passengers on to Glasgow.
