A Blue Islands flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at London Southend Airport following an engine fire. With 28 passengers on board, the plane made a safe landing with no reports of injuries. While fire crews met the plane on landing the fire was extinguished before the aircraft touched down.![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxIDEiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSIxMDAlIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwMCUiIGZpbGw9IiNjZmQ0ZGIiLz48L3N2Zz4=)