Second emergency call to airport

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Firefighters were called to Stansted Airport for a second time on Sunday after reports of a strong chemical smell on board an Israeli aircraft.

Passengers and crew were led off the plane, which arrived at the terminal late in the evening, after complaining of sore eyes and vomiting.

BAA said nothing was found on the plane and all crews had been stood down.

Earlier on Sunday, a holiday flight made an emergency landing at Stansted because of a misty haze in the cockpit.

Friction burns

Holidaymakers onboard the Thomson Boeing 757 flight from Newcastle to Larnaca were led to safety using an emergency chute.

Investigations are now under way into what caused the problem.

A Thomson spokeswoman told the BBC a couple of people suffered minor friction burns from using the chute, but there were no major injuries.

A new plane was prepared to take the passengers on to Cyprus.

No disruption

Two passengers who did not want to travel were taken back to Newcastle by taxi.

A spokesperson for Stansted Airport told BBC Essex there had been no disruption at the terminal and everything was running as normal.

Essex Fire Service said they were unable to find the source of the mist.

Assistant divisional officer Mark Samuels, of the Essex Fire Service, said there was no sign of fire on the aircraft and they were unable to find the source of the smoke.

"Fortunately the incident turned out to be a false alarm," he said.