A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, performing flight from Manchester (UK) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg) with 40 passengers, engine shut down in flight.

• Aircraft was climbing through FL180 out of Manchester when the left hand engine (PW150) emitted a loud bang prompting the crew to shut the engine down. Smoke entered the cabin.
• The crew decided to divert to Birmingham for a safe landing on runway 15 about 15 minutes later.
• Passengers reported there was a flash and a bang from the left hand side of the aircraft, subsequently smoke appeared in the cabin.
• Airline confirmed that the engine fault caused an oil leak which led to a small amount of smoke becoming visible in the cabin.
• The airline reported a technical fault in one of the engines requiring the shut down of the engine, the aircraft diverted to Birmingham.