A damaged Boeing 737 carrying 180 passengers has landed safely at Stansted Airport following an incident involving bird strike.

Cyprus airline Helios runs the plane which had a damaged tail.

The flight took off from Luton Airport this morning and was due to arrive at Cyprus at 6pm.

The plane was set to make an emergency landing at Luton Airport but was diverted to Stansted where it landed.

Published Thursday, April 10, 2003

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