The Gatwick flight made an emergency landing (Image: NQ Staff)
A flight has been forced to return to London Gatwick after declaring an emergency in the air.
The British Airways flight was forced to turn back over the Irish sea a short way into the flight to Kingston in Jamaica.
Flight data for the plane, which set off from Gatwick on Friday, January 13, showed the flight BA2263 circling around South Wales before landing around 6.30pm.
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A spokesman for British Airways said that the flight made the emergency landing due to a “medical emergency” for a passenger in the air.
The flight turned back around 34,000 ft above Dublin before circling back and returning to London.
The airline added that the service was “delayed overnight and it went the next day”.
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