A crack has been found in a propeller of a Loganair plane preparing for a flight out of Stornoway.
The fracture was discovered by the pilot undertaking checks before passengers boarded for today's (Wed) morning's 8.35am departure from Stornoway to Glasgow.
The aircraft had earlier arrived from Glasgow with travellers but had flown with no known issue said Loganair.
Passengers said they were told a crack had appeared in one of the propellers.
A replacement plane has been flown to Stornoway.
It took-
Engineers were flown from Glasgow to work on the plane.
A Loganair spokesman said: “The pilot noticed there was slight damage to a propeller
blade during the pre-
“A replacement aircraft was flown in to take the 24 passengers on to Glasgow and the aircraft is currently being repaired by our engineers.
“We would like to apologise to our passengers for the inconvenience today and reassure them their safety and that of our crew is always the first priority, as shown by the fact the aircraft was removed from service when the fault was found.”
A later Glasgow flight was also delayed.
Crack found in propeller of Stornoway plane
4 November 2015