Plane Lands Safely After Engine Problem

An Austrian Airlines jet carrying about 100 passengers made a safe landing at Leeds Bradford International Airport in northern England on Saturday after a problem with one of its engines, officials said.

"The pilot indicated that he was going to be making an emergency landing at speed," a spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said on condition of anonymity in line with department policy. "Thankfully the aircraft made a safe landing and no one was injured.

Austrian Airlines confirmed that account, but said it should not be called an emergency.

"It was not an emergency landing," airline spokeswoman Livia Dandrea-Boehm said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "It was a normal landing with one engine in idle mode."

The plane, a Fokker 100, was traveling from Innsbruck, Austria, to Leeds when the crew noticed that one of the engines was malfunctioning, airport spokeswoman Sam Wynzar said.

After starting the descent to Leeds Bradford, the pilot noticed vibrations on the right-hand engine and decided to put it in idle mode, Dandrea-Boehm said, adding that the other engine was operating normally.

"According to procedures, the landing has to be performed like a single-engine landing — although both engines were working with one at idle — which means having priority for landing at air traffic control," Dandrea-Boehm said.

Landing was normal and passengers were never in any danger, she said.