Two people have been injured after a plane was blown off the runway at Stornoway Airport this morning.
It is thought that the plane was taking off from the Lewis airport when the incident happened at 8.37am.
A photograph from the scene shows the Flybe-liveried plane on the grass beside the airport, with its nose into the ground.
As well as the airport’s own firefighters, two crews from Stornoway attended.
An ambulance spokesman said that two people – one with a back injury and one with an arm injury – were taken to the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway.
In a statement, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd said: “An outbound aircraft Saab 340 aircraft operated by Loganair veered off the runway at Stornoway Airport at 8.33am this morning. There were two minor injuries involving passengers.
“Efforts to remove the aircraft from the runway are ongoing and investigations into the cause of the incident are underway.
“It is it our intention to resume normal operations as soon as the aircraft is safely removed from the runway. There are no scheduled arrivals or departures at Stornoway until later this afternoon.”
Two people injured as plane blown off runway at Stornoway
