A SCOTS passenger flight heading to the USA has been diverted after declaring a mid-air emergency.
The Delta Airlines aircraft travelling from Edinburgh to Boston, issued a 700 squawk code, signalling an emergency onboard.
The DL123 plane ended up diverted to Shannon in Ireland.
Aircraft trackers show that the flight took off from Edinburgh Airport at 12.20pm aircraft this afternoon, 25 minutes after it was due to take off.
It did a loop over the Isle of Jura before…