A United Express flight enroute to Houston from Aspen, Colorado, has declared an emergency and is diverting to Austin.
United Express flight UA5971, operated by an Embraer E175, squawked transponder code 7700 in cruising flight as it passed abeam Dallas enroute. The flight is now on diversion to Austin.
00:56 UTC: Approach to Austin (AUS)
United flight UA5971 has continued its diversion to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and is now on descent below 10,000 feet in the early stages of approach.
The nature of the emergency prompting the diversion is not yet known. Flight crew are maintaining transponder code 7700 for emergency landing priority.
