Horror as Emirates flight from Dubai to London declares mid-air emergency

The flight has been diverted.A flight from Dubai to London has declared a mid-air emergency and diverted to Frankfurt. Emirates flight EK31 (UAE4PY), which departed Dubai International Airport (DXB) at 11.25am local time on Thursday (October 1), squawked 7700 – the code for a general emergency – on its journey to Heathrow Airport and began descending near Frankfurt Airport (FRA).