Birmingham Airport temporarily suspended operations today due to a “security incident on an aircraft”.
A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said earlier: “The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew have disembarked.
“All customers due to travel should make their way to the airport and check in as normal.”
The Aer Lingus flight which was headed for Belfast took off at around 2.52pm then began turning around in the air at 3.06pm, according to flight tracking website flightradar24.
It landed back at Birmingham Airport at 3.24pm.
Footage from the scene showed multiple emergency vehicles on the runway as the plane landed.
A short while later, what looked like the passengers and crew were seen leaving the aircraft in a single-file line as two white coaches arrived to take them away from the area.
A spokesperson for Aer Lingus told Sky News: “We can confirm that an undeclared item discovered on Aer Lingus Regional flight EI3647, operated by Emerald Airlines, from Birmingham to Belfast today was not a security risk.
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