Medical emergency forces Air Malta flight diversion

Social media reports that flight had to make emergency landing in Paris after an emergency squawk alert

5 March 2016, 5:29pm
by Matthew Vella

Squawking #7700 #KM146 from Luqa to Manchester https://t.co/bMwJcPHLZi

/ @CivMilAir pic.twitter.com/dEpjmJoUxC
— Flight Emergencies (@FlightEmergency) March 5, 2016

Air Malta flight KM146 landed at Paris's Orly airport after a medical emergency forced a diversion of the aircraft while en route to Manchester, UK.

The flight was expected to land in Manchester at 6:20pm (CET).

Flight radar airspotters alerted social media users of the emergency diversion.

The passenger taken sick and a few other travelling companions alighted from the plane in Paris, which then departed once again to travel onwards to Manchester.

Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...