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Emergency alert at airport ends | |
(30 minutes later) | |
An emergency alert at Belfast City airport has ended and operations are returning to normal. | |
Fire appliances and ambulances raced to the runway in east Belfast after the alert was raised at about 0735 GMT. | |
A spokesman for the airport said the Flybe flight bound for Glasgow was preparing for take-off when the pilot experienced technical problems. | |
No-one was injured. All 61 passengers and four crew walked off the plane safely. | |
The plane has now been towed away. | |
Eyewitnesses claimed smoke was seen coming from one of the plane's engines. | Eyewitnesses claimed smoke was seen coming from one of the plane's engines. |
An airport spokesman said emergency procedures were put in place as a precaution and that operations were getting back to normal. | An airport spokesman said emergency procedures were put in place as a precaution and that operations were getting back to normal. |