Belfast City Airport flights cancelled after plane emergency

All flights out and in of Belfast Metropolis Airport have been cancelled on Sunday night after an Aer Lingus aircraft suffered an emergency incident whereas touchdown throughout robust winds.

The aircraft had flown from Edinburgh to Belfast at about 16:00 GMT with 4 crew members however no passengers on board.

It seems the aircraft’s nostril wheel collapsed throughout touchdown, with footage displaying its nostril resting on the runway tarmac. It’s understood no-one was significantly damage.

The airport’s runway has been shut and isn’t anticipated to reopen till Monday.

The emergency incident occurred to what was described as a “positioning flight” which was operated by Emerald Airways on behalf of Aer Lingus.

Emerald Airways mentioned the plane “skilled a tough touchdown upon arriving into Belfast Metropolis Airport because of antagonistic climate circumstances”.

The police, hearth service and ambulance crews had been instantly deployed to the airport.

Fireplace Service Space Commander David Doherty mentioned firefighters responded at 16:15 GMT after the airport “declared a full emergency”.

They despatched a number of models as a part of their anticipated response to an airport emergency, however he mentioned firefighters didn’t need to take any rapid motion.

Their assets had been shortly redeployed however some crews remained on the scene as a precaution, Mr Doherty added.

Belfast Metropolis Airport advised passengers to not journey to the airport on Sunday night because of the runway closure.

As an alternative it suggested them to “contact their airline”.

The dwell flight data part of its web site is displaying that a number of planes because of arrive on Sunday night have been cancelled.

Earlier, a minimum of 4 planes had been diverted to Belfast Worldwide Airport, together with flights from London Metropolis and Leeds Bradford.

However simply earlier than 18:30 GMT, Belfast Worldwide Airport posted on social media that it was “near capability” due to these diversions and its already heavier than common schedule.

It warned it was “restricted in what number of redirected flights we are able to take this night”.

An extra 5 flights had been diverted from Dublin Airport.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) can be aiding Belfast Metropolis Airport with the method of transferring the broken aircraft, in accordance with the DAA’s Media Relations Supervisor Graeme McQueen.

He advised BBC Information NI that “members of Dublin Airport’s airfield operations group are at the moment travelling to Belfast with plane restoration gear”.

“We’re pleased to assist our neighbouring airport,” he added.

The Air Accident Investigation Department (AAIB) confirmed that it has been notified of the emergency incident in Belfast.

Its spokesperson mentioned: “An investigation has been launched and a group of inspectors is being deployed to the positioning.”