Plane makes emergency landing at Norwich Airport
01.09.07
A plane made an emergency landing at Norwich Airport earlier this week, it has been revealled. The KLM Fokka 50 aircraft, with 32 passengers on board, was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday evening after one of its engines failed.
The plane had been diverted to Norwich while en route from London Heathrow to Rotterdam. Emergency services - including a number of ambulances, four fire engines, two water carriers, an emergency tender and a chemical unit - were placed on full crash alert after receiving reports that an aircraft coming into land was in distress. However, it landed safely at about 18:20.
A spokesman for KLM in Holland said: 'The Fokka 50 plane had left Heathrow en route to Rotterdam when it discovered it had a problem with one of the engines. The plane had to be diverted to Norwich where it landed safely. The passengers were all booked through to Rotterdam on other flights.'
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