It was a BP oilfield charter pre-takeoff.
An Investigation was under way last night after a plane rolled backwards into a fence at Aberdeen Airport.
The incident involving a twin-propeller ATR 42 aircraft happened at the east side of the airport shortly after 10.30am yesterday.
Owned by Atlantic Express, the 52-seater aircraft is understood to have been operated as a charter on behalf of BP. It was being used to transport offshore oil workers to Sumburgh in Shetland.
It is believed the aircraft, which only had three crew members on board, was scheduled to fly to Sumburgh shortly after the accident happened.
It appears to have rolled backwards while on the tarmac and crashed into a fence, which was badly damaged.
Fire and police units based at the airport were called out as a precaution after the alarm was raised by the crew.
The aircraft, which was not thought to have been damaged, had to remain in place while initial investigations were carried out into the cause of the mishap.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch was informed of what had happened and later gave the all-clear for the aircraft to be towed off the tarmac pending further examination.
Aberdeen Press & Journal