Aircraft makes emergency landing

An Easyjet plane travelling from Belfast to Stansted has made an emergency landing in Liverpool Airport.

Air traffic controllers at John Lennon Airport received a call from the pilot on Thursday warning he was low on fuel, the airport said.

He then declared a full emergency which led to 999 services standing by on the tarmac, said an official.

However, Easyjet said the diversion was due to high winds en route to London and that there was no shortage of fuel.

Safety experts

Robbie Barrigan, a spokesman for Stansted Airport said the Easyjet flight was the only divert the airport had had.

"There are high winds around Stansted but we are not transferring any aircraft. We have been accepting traffic diverted from other airports," he added.

The plane landed safely at Liverpool Airport at 1140 GMT and was due to be inspected by the airline's safety experts.

Easyjet was laying on coaches for passengers to take them on to Stansted.