Concerns for Manx flight into Hawarden Airport as warning lights come on

Mar 26 2009 by Kevin Hughes, Chester Chronicle

EMERGENCY crews were put on standby yesterday when warning lights came on a plane carrying 21 patients.

The pilot of the Manx2 airline flight alerted Hawarden airport there were problems and fire crews were scrambled as a precaution.

The LET 410 plane landed safely at about 8am and nobody was injured in the incident.

It was carrying Isle of Man patients for transfer to hospitals in the North West as part of a scheme with the island’s department of health.

The scheme recently started in January.

An Airbus spokesman said the problem was rectified afterwards.

“As a precautionary measure, emergency services attended the landing of a passenger aircraft at Hawarden Airport on Tuesday, March 25, in response to a message from the pilot that a warning indicator had illuminated in the cockpit,” he said.

“The aircraft, a LET 410, operated by Manx2, was transporting 21 passengers on a hospital transfer flight from the Isle of Manx to Broughton on a hospital transfer flight.

“The aircraft landed safely, and passengers disembarked the aircraft as normal via the steps. The cause was identified and immediately rectified.”

A North Wales Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said: “We were alerted the pilot had reported a problem. Fire crews were put on standby. But the plane landed safely.”