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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Emilia Bona

BREAKING: Entire Flybe plane "quarantined" over health scare at Manchester Airport

Passengers at Manchester Airport were "quarantined" on a Flybe plane for over an hour after a suspected medical incident on board.

A number of passengers on flight BE3122 from Paris took to social media while they were being held on the plane.

One photo taken from inside the aircraft showed a number of emergency services vehicles lined up on the tarmac close to the place.

Passengers on board claimed someone was "sick" on board and that passengers were quarantined on the flight while a response was coordinated.

See our live blog for updates on this breaking incident

A statement shared with the ECHO by Flybe said: "Flybe confirms that, as a precautionary measure on arrival in Manchester and following a passenger on the above flight falling sick, it has worked closely with the Public Health England to collect the full contact details from all 107 passengers on board.

"This would allow them to be fully traceable if, in what would be a very rare instance, they might need to be uniquely alerted by the authority at some point in the future."

It is unclear at this point what happened on board the plane to prompt such a large scale response at the airport.

The Liverpool ECHO will provide live updates on this incident as it unfolds at Manchester Airport - you can read these here.

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