Qatar Airways flight forced to make emergency landing in Scotland

Qatar Airways

A QATAR Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Scotland after an "incident on board".

The aircraft was travelling from Los Angeles to Doha, Qatar, when the alarm was raised.

Flight QR740 departed shortly before midnight on August 1 but was forced to divert to Edinburgh Airport after broadcasting an emergency squawk signal.

It's understood there was a medical emergency onboard the aircraft.

An Edinburgh Airport spokesperson told Edinburgh Live: "We can confirm we accepted a request for divert and the aircraft has since landed safely.”