Plane emergency in mid-flight

A plane has landed safely after declaring an emergency midflight.

The aircraft left Aberdeen International Airport at 9.53am yesterday and was due in at Sumburgh, Shetland, at 10.50am. According to Flightradar24, the Eastern Airways plane circled near the island airport before heading back to Aberdeen. It landed safely shortly before 12.45pm and was inspected.

An Aberdeen airport spokeswoman said: “The flight turned back and we declared emergency protocol.”