By Darren Boyle for MailOnline
Published: 20:59 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 21:30 GMT, 1 March 2019
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A Laudamotion passenger jet has been evacuated on the runway at Stansted Airport after the captain aborted its take off.
It is understood the aircraft suffered an engine failure moments before it was due to lift off en-route to Vienna.
The Airbus A320 jet screeched to a halt. Passengers on board the aircraft were evacuated down emergency slides, forcing Air Traffic Controllers to halt all departures and arrivals.
The Airbus A-320 Laudamotion jet, pictured, was evacuated on the runway at Stansted this evening after a suspected engine failure forced the pilot to abort the take off
Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft down the emergency slides and taken away from the jet on buses to the terminal building
