Sas flight #SK957 departed Stockholm, Sweden Thursday, November 14 2024 for a 10-hour flight to Miami, Florida.

The Airbus A330-300 (registration LN-RKS) departed on time at 12:55 CET. The aircraft climbed to 34,000 ft over Norway then 36,000 ft when it started to cross the Atlantic.

But while flying between Greenland and East coast of Canada, the crew decided to turn around as the 9-year-old aircraft encountered severe turbulence, dropping from FL360 to FL280.

Pilots contacted Gander OAC at 1813z on 8864 kHz indicating a doctor was onboard. A passenger suffered a panic attack, another sustained a head injury.

The A330 descended to 33,000 ft then climbed back to 37,000 ft on its way back to Europe.

The airline decided to divert the flight to Copenhagen where it landed at around 23:15 local time to be inspected by ground crew.

The passengers will be accommodated in hotels and continue their journey tomorrow.

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A SAS A321 aircraft flying from Norway’s capital Oslo to Malaga in Spain and was forced to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The SAS flight #SK4683 departed Oslo Wednesday, September 18 2024 at lunch time and climbed to 36,000 ft.

The pilots entered a hold and finally decided to divert to Copenhagen due to an incident on board.

Passenger Jarle Borrestad told the BBC that he was seated next to the woman whose food the mouse was in. As she opened the boxed meal, the mouse scurried out, he said. 

Mr Borrestad said the situation was very calm and that people “were not stressed at all”. However, he admitted that he did put his socks over his trousers so the mouse did not crawl up his legs.

Airline spokesperson Oystein Schmidt told AFP that the emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark was in line with company procedures, since mice and other rodents can pose a safety risk.

Passengers were transferred to a different aircraft to resume their journey to Spain. Borrestad told the BBC that the delay added only a few hours to the trip. 

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airBaltic flight #BT880 departed Malaga, Spain at 18:24 CEST to Tallinn.

At 21:40 CEST, the crew squawked 7700 (general emergency) and requested an immediate diversion about 1 hour from Tallinn, Estonia.

The flight, operated by an Airbus A220-300 (registration YL-ABD) was cruising at 37,000 ft before starting the descent to Copenhagen.

This aircraft is scheduled to perform a flight to Amsterdam tomorrow morning from Tallinn.

UPDATE 21:53 CEST
The airline is confirming the diversion, expecting a landing in few minutes at CPH.

UPDATE 21:58 CEST
The A220 safely landed on runway 22L at Copenhagen.

UPDATE 22:02 CEST
The aircraft is parked in a remote area of CPH airport, the reason is a medical emergency on board.

UPDATE 22:11 CEST
The airline schedules a new departure to Tallinn at 22:55 CEST.

UPDATE 22:59 CEST
Flight BT880 is taking off from CPH, expected to land in 45 minutes at TLL.

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