British Airways: Flight from Gran Canaria to Gatwick Airport forced to divert to France over 'medical emergency'

A British Airways flight was forced to divert last night (Sunday 25 February) due to a “medical emergency” on board. The BA2707 flight took off from Gran Canaria Airport at 6.30pm yesterday and was due to land at Gatwick Airport in London - but landed at Brest in France at 10.53pm instead.

The plane was over northern France when it declared a 7700 general emergency. FlightEmergency posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, at 9.40pm that the flight had made a “squawking 7700 (emergency).”

A British Airways spokesperson told The Sun: "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."

A passenger on board the flight, Robert Dibley, posted on X last night at 10:35pm: “We are on BA2707 and landed in Brest, France due to med emergency.  Captain has announced nothing - need aircon and staff are afraid to say anything to captain.  You’ll have more med emergencies soon without air.”

He later posted that the flight arrived at Gatwick Airport at 1.05am. NationalWorld has contacted British Airways for comment.