Engineers are inspecting a plane after pictures appeared to show flames coming from its right side when it landed at East Midlands Airport. 

The Kalitta Air Boeing 747 cargo aircraft, travelling from Leipzig, Germany, was pictured touching down on Thursday.

East Midlands Airport confirmed its engineers were looking at the plane but added the flight had landed safely and no action was needed from staff. 

A spokesperson said: ‘A 747 cargo aircraft belonging to Kalitta Air is currently being inspected by the airline’s engineers following reports that it developed a technical issue upon landing at East Midlands Airport (EMA) yesterday afternoon. 

‘The flight operated safely into EMA and no action was required from airport staff.’

The plane did not have any passengers on board.

It was the second incident at a UK airport in a week after three people were taken to hospital when a light aircraft smashed into the runway at Teesside International Airport.

The small plane reportedly got into trouble shortly after taking off in the morning, falling back to the ground.

The pilot and two passengers on board were taken to hospital, with one ‘seriously injured’ passenger airlifted off the runway for emergency medical treatment.

One person continues to be in acritical condition and two others are stable condition, according to the Northern Echo.

The airport reopened on Monday and is running normally.

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