https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9xz7jv51yo

Belfast City Airport's runway will be closed for the rest of Sunday after an Aer Lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while landing during strong winds.

The plane had flown from Edinburgh to Belfast at about 16:00 GMT with four crew members but no passengers on board.

Pictures appear to show the aircraft with a collapsed nose wheel sitting on the runway.

It is understood no-one was seriously hurt.

It was a "positioning flight" operated by Emerald Airlines on behalf of Aer Lingus.

Emerald Airlines said it "experienced a hard landing upon arriving into Belfast City Airport due to adverse weather conditions".

Two flights – from London City and Leeds Bradford – due to land at the airport have since arrived at Belfast International Airport after being diverted.

by BelfastTelegraph

5 comments

  1. Does anyone know a. why Easyjet still think their flights will be going out b. why Easyjet have no staff at airport and won’t answer their phones c. why airport staff are about much use as a chocolate teapot ?

  2. Stuck in Birmingham airport currently waiting for more information… what a fucking shitshow

  4. Was crazy our flight was meant to land right after that one. Ended up flying about for 20 mins before we were redirected to aldergrove.

  5. I was on an easyjet flight waiting to take off when it happened. We all had to disembark and go back into the terminal – lots of blue lights on the runway.

    Easyjet has been shocking at letting people know what the craic is, tho. I was lucky and managed to book another flight at International (which is also delayed), but some people were in a total panic not knowing what to do.

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