Archive photo of a Luxair aircraft. A Luxair plane en route for Rome was obliged to return to Luxembourg on Sunday Delano archive

Archive photo of a Luxair aircraft. A Luxair plane en route for Rome was obliged to return to Luxembourg on Sunday Delano archive

The Havilland DHC8-Q400, destined for Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Italy, took off at 7:30am local time.

A few minutes into the flight, the pilots were aware of a problem with the flaps and returned to Luxembourg’s Findel airport.

According to website crash-aerien.aero, the plane landed without incident. Experts were examining the aircraft to determine the cause of the fault.