In the last few moments, a Royal Jordanian Boeing 787 flying between Amman & Chicago has declared an emergency over the North Sea.
JY-BAC is the aircraft involved in the emergency.
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Live Emergency: Royal Jordanian RJ263 Amman-Chicago…
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RJ263 is descending through FL290 at the present moment and is tracking in the direction of Newcastle.
However, it is unclear what the diversion field will be as well as the cause of the emergency currently.
Emergency Aircraft: JY-BAC – The Royal Jordanian 787 Operating the Amman-Chicago Flight
JY-BAC is the aircraft operating the affected Royal Jordanian RJ263 rotation between Amman and Chicago today.
As per Planespotters, JY-BAC is a 9.7 year old Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline in October 2014.
Furthermore, of the 787 variant, the airline has seven of them in their fleet.
Manchester A Possibility for Diversion…
Manchester Airport could be a potential option for diversion at this time. The airline does operate services out of that UK airport and has the facilities and staff to deal with the emergency.
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