WATCH: Flight from Edinburgh crashes on runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Published 23rd Feb 2017
Last updated 24th Feb 2017

A Flybe plane travelling from Edinburgh has been evacuated after its gear collapsed after landing

The incident happened following the flight's arrival at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

Pictures on social media show the plane leaning on one side with the wing touching the ground and emergency services at the scene.

Schiphol Airport tweeted: "The landing gear of a Flybe airplane collapsed during touchdown.

"No people are injured. Flight operation is up and running again.''

"All passengers are brought to the terminal by bus at the moment."

David Fleming Jnr and David Fleming Snr from Perth were onboard the aircraft when the crash happened and described the incident as "terrifying".

Flybe CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener said: “Our highest priority is the safety and well-being of our passengers and crew.

"Our pilots regularly train for situations such as this in simulators at our training academy in Exeter.

"Our cabin crew are also fully trained to deal with these situations professionally.

“We have sent a specialist team to offer assistance to the investigation and we will now do all we can to understand the cause of this incident”.