A twin-engine plane flying from Jersey in the Channel Islands to London made an emergency landing Friday after a fire shut down one engine, dpa reported.
The Blue Island Airways plane, carrying 28 passengers and three crew, touched down safely in Southend, on the south-east coast of Britain, after automatic systems aboard extinguished the fire before landing.
'This had the potential to be an extremely serious incident but everything which should happen in a situation like this did and the plane was able to land safely,' Essex Fire and Rescue said in a statement.