Flybe flight for Belfast diverted to Manchester due to technical fault
A plane from Southampton to Belfast has been diverted to Manchester Airport after a technical fault.
The Flybe flight was due to land at Belfast City Airport but was diverted while over the Irish Sea.
A statement from Flybe said the plane "landed safely and was met by emergency services as a routine and precautionary measure only".
The statement added: "Once at its stand all passengers disembarked normally.
"The safety of all its passengers and crew is Flybe's highest priority."
A passenger on the plane told BBC Radio Ulster that the pilot said an engine had "malfunctioned".
"There was just this sort of noise and the engine seemed to get a lot louder," she said.
"Everyone didn't know what was going on for a while, and the captain said that the engine had malfunctioned and they were going to have to turn it off."