{"id":1018636,"date":"2026-06-11T00:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1018636\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T00:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:28:33","slug":"three-planes-all-struck-by-lightning-and-land-at-manchester-airport-amid-storm-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1018636\/","title":{"rendered":"Three planes all struck by lightning and land at Manchester Airport amid storm drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather caused major disruption at the Manchester Airport\"The<\/p>\n

The Jet2 plane diverted (stock image)(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Holidaymakers faced major disruptions at the Manchester Airport yesterday after three planes were struck by lightning.<\/p>\n

One plane was grounded, another diverted and a third was impacted by the “adverse weather<\/a> conditions” as it arrived at the airport on Tuesday (June 9).<\/p>\n

A Jet2 flight had to make an emergency diversion to Manchester after it was struck by lightning as it took off from Leeds Bradford Airport. Firefighters were called to a runway at Manchester Airport<\/a> at around 4:30pm.<\/p>\n

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Two fire engines from Wythenshawe<\/a> and Cheadle<\/a> along with a technical response unit from Leigh attended.<\/p>\n

The flight was travelling from Leeds to Lanzarote Canary Islands before having to make the sudden detour. According to the Manchester Airport, passengers were transferred to another plane before resuming their journey.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Manchester Airport said: “It departed from Leeds Bradford. At some point it was struck by lightning and had to come back here.<\/p>\n

“It circled around over Liverpool way for a little while and then came to us. Passengers have been transferred onto a different aircraft that was already on the ground here.<\/p>\n

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Manchester Airport(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Also caught in the malaise was a Pegasus Airline flight travelling from Manchester Airport<\/a> to Istanbul. The pilots manning the Turkish plane were force to return to the airport after the aircraft was struck during take off.<\/p>\n

A passenger who was onboard told the M.E.N how a ‘massive explosion’ was heard as the plane left the runway.<\/p>\n

Speaking of his ordeal, Nassar Massalha, said: “As soon as the plane left the ground, it was struck by lightning. For a second it looked like a ball of fire on the left-hand side of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

“All passengers and crew are fine. Around five minutes after take-off, the captain announced that we had been struck by lightning and would be returning to Manchester as a precaution.”<\/p>\n

He told the M.E.N, the aircraft circled the air for ‘around 40 minutes’ before returning to the airport for safety. Passengers were transferred to a replacement flight.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Pegasus Airline said: “As a precautionary measure, passengers were transferred to another aircraft.”<\/p>\n

A TUI flight was also seemingly struck by lightning at the Manchester Airport yesterday. According to reports, an aircraft arriving from Santorini was hit as it arrived. TUI officials say the aircraft landed safely.<\/p>\n

A TUI spokesperson told the M.E.N: “While we do not comment on individual flights or operational matters, adverse weather conditions at Manchester Airport today may have resulted in an aircraft being struck by lightning.<\/p>\n

“At this stage, however, this has not been confirmed. Nevertheless, the flight number you mentioned landed safely.”<\/p>\n

Jet2 has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weather caused major disruption at the Manchester Airport The Jet2 plane diverted (stock image)(Image: NurPhoto via Getty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1015929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,17753,393,4884,27008,2465,2314,16,15,2313],"class_list":["post-1018636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-cheadle-and-cheadle-hulme","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-jet2-com","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-airport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wythenshawe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116728648493801043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1015929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}