SAS flight SK4734 squawks 7700 emergency code near Munich

An SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight from Split, Croatia, to Oslo, Norway, squawked emergency code 7700 while flying over southern Germany on Tuesday.

Flight SK4734, operated by an Airbus A320neo registered LN-SAG, was flying at approximately 31,000 feet when it began turning south in the vicinity of Munich, according to flight-tracking data.

Code 7700 indicates a general aviation emergency and alerts air traffic controllers that the aircraft requires priority handling.

The nature of the emergency has not yet been confirmed, and it was not immediately clear where the aircraft would land.