runway reopened<\/a> after 19:30 BST, when the plane was moved. The first flight departed shortly after, having originally been scheduled to leave at 14:10.<\/p>\nIs Birmingham Airport open and are there delays?<\/p>\n
In a notice on its website, Birmingham Airport said it was now “operating to its normal schedule” but warned that passengers might face some residual delays.<\/p>\n
The online departures list on Thursday morning showed several flights leaving later than scheduled.<\/p>\n
The 05:55 BST Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, for example, departed at 09:57, while the 06:30 TUI service to Kefalonia was estimated to take off at about 12:30.<\/p>\n
Other flights have experienced shorter delays, ranging from about 35 minutes to a couple of hours.<\/p>\n
What happened and was anyone injured?<\/p>\n
According to aircraft charter and management company, Woodgate Aviation, one of its Beechcraft fixed-wing planes developed landing gear problems on its journey to Belfast after taking off from Birmingham at 13:11.<\/p>\n
The aircraft returned to Birmingham, landing at 13:58.<\/p>\n
“The aircraft returned to Birmingham and made an emergency landing and the main undercarriage collapsed on touch down,” the company said.<\/p>\n
It confirmed two crew members and one passenger were on board but were not injured.<\/p>\n
West Midlands Police, West Midlands Fire Service and Birmingham Airport Police were among the agencies at the scene.<\/p>\n
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Footage shows plane landing in Birmingham Airport<\/p>\n
Birmingham Airport said its teams worked as quickly as possible to move the aircraft in line with “strict protocols”.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said the protocols had to be followed to “ensure a safe reopening of the runway following a prolonged closure”.<\/p>\n
Woodgate said it would co-operate fully with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), which confirmed it was looking into the incident.<\/p>\n
An AAIB statement said a multi-disciplinary team of inspectors was deployed to the site.<\/p>\n
How did the incident affect passengers?<\/p>\n
With the closure lasting for more than six hours, many passengers suffered significant delays or saw their flights diverted to other airports.<\/p>\n
At least 10 flights due to depart from the airport were cancelled, while others were delayed by more than five hours.<\/p>\n
Twenty which were due to land at Birmingham were diverted to other airports.<\/p>\n
Some passengers told the BBC that their flights were cancelled “moments before boarding” on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Birmingham Airport said it understood the frustration and apologised for the disruption.<\/p>\n
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Faye and her family’s holiday was cancelled altogether<\/p>\n
Faye, who was travelling with her partner and four children, said they found out about the incident on Facebook.<\/p>\n
They had been due to fly to Antalya in Turkey with Jet2 at 14:55. While waiting at the airport, the family was given \u00a310 per person by the airline for food and drinks.<\/p>\n
She subsequently received a text message saying the holiday had been cancelled and there would be a full refund in four to five days.<\/p>\n
She and her family were waiting to collect their baggage, along with about 400 other people, her children “sobbing and crying”.<\/p>\n
“We are stuck here waiting for our baggage and it’s boiling hot… and now our kids aren’t going to have a holiday,” she said at the time.<\/p>\n
Get in touch<\/p>\n
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