Birmingham airport shuts as plane heading to Belfast makes emergency landing after in-flight ‘incident'
FLIGHT CHAOS Birmingham airport shuts as plane heading to Belfast makes emergency landing after in-flight 'incident'
BIRMINGHAM airport has shut after a private plane made an emergency landing.
All departures and arrivals are grounded until 6pm this evening.
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The closure was announced on the airport's social media
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All departures and arrivals at Birmingham Airport are on pause until 6pm this evening
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The runway was shut because of an urgent flight diversion
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This is because a Beech King Air, which had been going to Belfast, had an in-flight emergency and diverted to Birmingham instead.
A statement posted on the airport's social media reads: "Following an aircraft incident, the runway is temporarily closed.
"We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause.
"We will keep passengers already at the airport informed and those due to travel later today are advised to check the status of their flight before coming to the airport.
"We will continue to issues updates when we can."
Around 100 flights are likely to be impacted.
It has not been reported how many people were aboard the plane which diverted, although King Airs usually carry at least two pilots.
So far, eight inbound flights have been forced to divert away from Birmingham Airport.
Ryanair and Jet2 flights have gone as far away as Stansted and Manchester airports instead.
Birmingham Airport is the seventh-largest airport in the UK - the third biggest outside of London,
In 2023, it had about 11.5million passengers, and has about 130 direct routes served by 30 airlines.
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