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A PLANE HAS made an emergency landing at Cork Airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit.

Emergency services were on standby for the plane’s arrival, however the landing passed off without incident.

The Aer Lingus EI3701 flight from Birmingham instigated a full emergency plan after the captain had reported the issue.

Emergency has been stood down @CorkAirport after alarm was raised when smoke was spotted in the cockpit of a plane pic.twitter.com/hKGWsZlBVh
— Fiona Corcoran (@fi0na_c0rc0ran) August 24, 2016

Fiona Donnelly / Twitter

Aircraft has landed safely @CorkAirport after full emergency declared
— Cork Airport (@CorkAirport) August 24, 2016

Cork Airport / Twitter

UPDATE Cork Airport remains closed until runway inspections have been completed, should re-open shortly - @NikPhillips666
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) August 24, 2016

AIRLIVE / Twitter

No injuries were reported among the 59 passengers and four crew following the landing.

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