Qantas plane en route to London makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan

Flight QF1 landed safely at Baku airport and was met by emergency services on the runway

Qantas pilots on a flight from Singapore to London were forced to make an emergency landing in Baku as their plane was flying over Azerbaijan on Friday.

Flight QF1 landed safely at Baku airport and was met by emergency services on the runway, after pilots reported 7700 – a code used to communicate an onboard emergency to air traffic controllers.