A full scale emergency was declared at Stornoway airport when a military jet suffered
engine trouble during Nato wargames over the north of Scotland -
The pilot of the single-
Other aircraft involved in the exercise are instructed to stop firing immediately and keep well clear of any plane in emergency.
The airfield’s fire crews raced to the runway while additional fire engines were summoned from Stornoway.
Coastguard teams, ambulances and police all attended.
Stornoway RNLI lifeboat also launched in case the plane ditched in the sea near the coastal airport.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said the emergency response was for a “plane experiencing engine trouble. The aircraft landed safely.”
A spokeswoman for RNLI Stornoway said: “The full emergency had been called for a Hawk jet. Stornoway lifeboat is routinely alerted for airport emergencies, as the main runway at Stornoway Airport ends at the shore on the north end, and a southerly approach for aircraft is also over the sea south of Holm.”
It was the second Joint Warrior emergency callout at the airport in four days. On Saturday a military plane suffered a bird strike.
Second military emergency at airport
19 April 2016
A military jet at Stornoway Airport