‘My kids are disappointed’ – passengers diverted to other airportspublished at 16:28 British Summer Time
16:28 BST
Gabriela Pomeroy
Live reporter
Image source, Jan Inger
The closure of Birmingham Airport has cause widespread disruption to peoples’ holiday plans.
I’ve spoken to a Slovakian man living in Spain, Jan Inger, who was on a Ryanair flight from Murcia to Birmingham Airport.
He says his plane was about to land at Birmingham Airport, when he sensed things were “a bit strange. I could feel the plane was going down more quickly than usual, and then the captain said there was a problem.”
The pilot then announced they were being diverted to Nottingham Airport.
Jan was supposed to meet his kids at Birmingham Airport, and together they had plans to fly on to Budapest.
“My kids are disappointed. I was flying to have a holiday with them,” he says.
Jan is worried about getting his connecting flight this evening, and is now waiting with all the other stranded passengers at Nottingham Airport, to find out what happens next.