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Plane makes emergency landing at Aberdeen Airport

The plane was forced to land
The plane was forced to land

A plane has made an emergency landing at Aberdeen Airport this afternoon shortly after departing.

The Eastern Airways flight T34717 had departed from Aberdeen Airport towards Leeds but it is understood that it was forced to return to Aberdeen after declaring an emergency around 15 minutes into the flight.

The aircraft safely landed at 4.37pm.

Three fire crews were dispatched to the airport, but were their support was not required.

More to follow.

UPDATE: A spokesman for Eastern Airways said: “The captain operating this afternoon’s T3 4717 flight from Aberdeen to Leeds Bradford made a precautionary return to Aberdeen, after receiving an abnormal right hand engine oil temperature indication during flight.

“The engine was not shutdown in flight.

“The Jetstream 41 with 9 passengers and three crew on board landed safely in Aberdeen at 4.37pm.

“The airport fire service was initially put on standby, but was stood down on arrival.

“Our engineers will be carrying out an inspection of the aircraft.

“Passengers are being transferred to another aircraft to take them to their destination.

“We apologise to passengers for the inconvenience, but the safety of our passengers and crew is our number one priority.”