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Panic as Aer Lingus flight from Birmingham with 63 on board lands in Cork with ‘smoke in cockpit’

Emergency services rushed to meet the plane as it landed at Cork airport and declared a full emergency

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A FULL emergency on a plane from Birmingham to Cork has been stood down.

Panic hit the Irish airport this morning after an Aer Lingus flight made an emergency landing with "smoke filling the cockpit".

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An emergency at Cork Airport has been stood down after a plane with 'smoke filling the cockpit' landed safelyCredit: Twitter

Emergency services rushed to the scene as the plane started its descent towards the runway.

Airport authorities said the emergency was "stood down" when the plane landed safely.

The captain of the Aer Lingus service EI3701 from Birmingham to Cork declared a "full emergency" about ten minutes before it was due to land

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An Aer Lingus flight has landed at Cork after it declared an emergency when smoke filled the Cockpit
There were 59 passengers on board and four crew.
Reports of smoke being seen from the cockpit could not be confirmed by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), which is responsible for Cork Airport.
A DAA spokesman said the plane landed safely as scheduled at about 10.05 am with emergency services on stand-by.
"All passengers have safely disembarked the aircraft," he said. "There are reports that there was smoke from the cockpit but I can't confirm that."
The Air Accident Investigation Unit of Dublin's Department of Transport has been called in to investigate the incident.
Everyone on board the flight disembarked safely.

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Other inbound flights were held until the plane was cleared.

Dozens of emergency vehicles were photographed be seen surrounding the green jet.

Cork Airport was closed until runway inspections were completed. It has since reopened.

Emergency services at Cork Airport were put on full alert with the support of two fire tenders from Cork City Council.

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