Manchester to Inverness-bound Mayday warning plane lands safely
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A plane has landed safely after issuing an emergency Mayday call when a caution warning appeared on the aircraft.
The Inverness-bound Loganair flight departed from Manchester Airport at 16:30 GMT when the pilot received the warning on the aircraft's systems.
The pilot "elected to return to return to Manchester" as a precaution and landed at about 17:25.
The 29 passengers on the board were briefed ahead of the landing, a spokesman for Loganair said.
"Shortly after take-off the captain received a caution indication from the aircraft's systems and as a precaution elected to return to Manchester and declared a Mayday.
"The aircraft... was met by emergency services as is standard procedure."
A stand-by aircraft later took the passengers on to Inverness.
A spokesman for Manchester Airport said the plane had returned due to a "technical fault".