Kuwait Airways flight KU158 from Istanbul (SAW) to Kuwait City (KWI) declared an emergency whilst in the cruise approaching the destination The post Kuwait Airways flight Istanbul-Kuwait City declares emergency appeared first on AviationSource News.
A Kuwait Airways flight operating from Istanbul to Kuwait City has declared an emergency whilst en route.
Kuwait Airways flight KU158, an Airbus A320 operating from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Kuwait International Airport (KWI) declared a general emergency with transponder code 7700 whilst in the cruise approaching the destination.
Kuwait Airways KU158 Istanbul – Kuwait
Having declared the emergency from the cruise, flight KU158 is now on descent in the early stages of its approach to Kuwait International Airport (KWI), continuing to squawk code 7700.
The nature of the emergency is not known at this time.
Flight data for this afternoon’s KU158 service shows the flight made an on-time departure out of Istanbul SAW at 15:10 local time today; setting course normally and climbing to FL330 (33,000 feet) for the southerly flight.
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