An air ambulance has declared an emergency during a flight over Norfolk.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) flight HLE85, had one of its engines shut down while returning from north Norfolk.

The helicopter declared the emergency at 11.57am on Saturday, 1,000 feet in the air near Aylsham.

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Fire crews from Sprowston, Carrow and Earlham were called to the airport to provide emergency support.

The air ambulance, EC45, managed to resolve the issue where it safely landed at Norwich airport less than 10 minutes later at 12.05pm.

No injuries were recorded with fire crews stood down shortly after.

Richard Hindson, director of operations and infrastructure at East Anglian Air Ambulance, said: “Anglia One experienced a technical fault in flight on the way back from a mission earlier today.

"The pilots followed emergency procedures and the crew landed safely back at Norwich Airport."

The helicopter is now to be taken offline as engineers undergo maintenance on the aircraft.