10/10/2013

Air Ambulance Comes Off Runway At Aberdeen Airport

Flights at Aberdeen International Airport have been suspended after a plane came off the runway after it had landed.

A statement from the airport on Twitter says: "Flights suspended for around two hours as result of an ongoing incident. A further update will follow."

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said the aircraft was an air ambulance, and it had gone off the runway while taxi-ing after landing shortly before noon on Thursday.

No one was injured in the incident.

(CD/IT)

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