Plane lands at Belfast International airport after emergency declared

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By David Hunter

A plane has made an emergency landing without it's nose gear at Belfast International Airport.

Dramatic images show Flybe flight 331 resting on it's nose on the runway.

There's been praise for the pilots who managed to get the plane down safely - Brian Strutton is from the British Airline Pilots' Association...

The Belfast city to Inverness flight landed safely at the international after developing technical issues after leaving the city airport.

The bombardier aircraft had 53 passengers on board including an infant and 4 crew members.

It had to circle off the coastline for around two hours to burn off fuel.

Miraculously only one person was taken to hospital to be treated for a minor thumb injury.

A specialist crew is being sent to Belfast to try and understand what went wrong.

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