EIGHT INJURED: London Stansted Airport reopens after ‘huge bang’ and plane aborts take off

FLIGHTS at London Stansted Airport have been grounded or diverted due to ‘an incident on the runway’ but the plane has now been removed and the airport is now fully operational again.

Videos posted to social media showed emergency vehicles with flashing lights in the distance.

Eight people were reported injured after a Lauda plane bound for Vienna was forced to abandon its take off from Stansted.

All flights were grounded for three hours after the incident that forced the evacuation of the plane via emergency slides.

No flights in or out at Stansted due to ‘incident on the runway’. Emergency vehicles flashing their lights in the distance #stanstedairport pic.twitter.com/NKNVl4pNwh

— HCOJ (@hcoj__) March 1, 2019

One Twitter user claimed: “Mid take off at Stansted, our plane had a huge bang, skidded to a stop and all had to evacuate down the slides, with my friend opening the emergency door. A scary experience for sure.”

@FlightAlerts say that flights inbound to London Stansted are currently diverting, “Aircraft aborted takeoff and emergency evacuation on the runway.”

London Stansted is the fourth-busiest airport in the UK by passenger traffic located in Essex 42 miles northeast of Central London.

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Our 2000 flight to Cologne returned to gate and has refuelled. They are keeping us on the plane so we're expecting to start again. Aborted take-off might take time to clear as passengers were evacuated. #stansted Later flights could be cancelled I guess.

— Chippy is also Steve Paine (@chippy) March 1, 2019

Delayed indefinitely at Stansted airport due to an incident on the runway.. Anyone know what's happening?! We got a wedding to get to!!! #stansted #stanstedairport @STN_Airport #hannahandcallum2k19 #hallum

— Chloe Hayes (@chloehayes_22) March 1, 2019

Nothing leaving or landed at #Stansted Airport 🤔 due to a 'incident'

— McGee (@Actual_McGee) March 1, 2019

Flights at @STN_Airport are currently suspended due to an aircraft on the runway following an aborted take off due to a suspected engine problem.
We will post further updates as soon as they become available. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/u8QKbBCM2U

— London Stansted Airport (@STN_Airport) March 1, 2019

#UPDATE pic.twitter.com/oShSo6S6Cv

— London Stansted Airport (@STN_Airport) March 1, 2019

#UPDATE Our runway has now re-opened and is fully operational.
We are extremely sorry for the disruption caused by the incident, but our first priority is always the safety of passengers and staff. pic.twitter.com/OF9ikovNX6

— London Stansted Airport (@STN_Airport) March 1, 2019