A plane carrying more than 100 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Leeds Bradford Airport following an engine malfunction.

A full emergency was declared by the pilot of Austrian Airlines flight OS2374 who radioed ahead to report a problem with one of the engines.

The crew of the Fokker 100, travelling from Innsbruck to Leeds, had noticed the engine was malfunctioning.

Passengers were not aware of the forced landing until they were met by emergency services.

West Yorkshire Fire Service were alerted by the airport control room at 2.55pm on Saturday that a plane was coming in to land with engine problems.

The aircraft landed safely at 3.12pm and no-one was injured.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The pilot indicated that he was going to be making an emergency landing at speed.

"The aircraft had 103 people on board but thankfully the aircraft made a safe landing and no-one was injured."

The flight was one of a weekly return service from Innsbruck.

Spokeswoman for the airport Sam Wynsar said: "There was an indication that an engine was not working. The right engine was what is called "idle" and was not working correctly.

"All normal emergency procedures were put in place. The passengers were not informed, they would have been aware at the point when they landed and were met by the fire crew. A fire crew is out whenever planes land. Everyone was absolutely fine, it was a totally normal landing.

"It wasn't unusual, not in the world of airlines."