A FULL scale emergency was declared at Ronaldsway this morning.
A Flybe Q400 with 46 passengers and four crew on board on a flight from Manchester sounded the alert at 9.30am after the smell of smoke was reported in the cabin.
Fire appliances from Douglas, Port Erin and Castletown were called out in addition to the airport’s own fire team to deal with the emergency landing.
Fortunately they were able to stand down after the Q400 landed safely at 9.35am.
In a statement, a Flybe spokesman said: ‘Flybe can confirm that a flight experienced a minor technical fault this morning on approach to Ronaldsway, informing the Air Traffic Control at the airport prior to landing.
‘As is standard industry practice in such circumstances, emergency services were put on standby by the airport authorities.
‘Flybe apologises for any inconvenience experienced by the 46 passengers who all disembarked normally and without incident after the aircraft taxied to its stand.’