UK’s Birmingham Airport temporarily shuts after emergency landing
The incident, which left one person with minor injuries, temporarily closed Birmingham Airport’s runway, causing delays and diversions for other flights
Birmingham Airport in central England temporarily shut its runway on Wednesday after a small aircraft was involved in an emergency landing that left one person with minor injuries.
The police said in a social media post that emergency crews responded to the incident, which occurred at around 1.40pm.
The airport said in a later update that all people on board the aircraft had been discharged by the emergency services. Check-in services and security screening were temporarily closed, it added.
Images shared on social media showed a small propeller aircraft stationary on the runway of Britain’s seventh-busiest airport.
The aircraft is a Beech B200 Super King Air that took off at 12.11pm and was bound for Belfast in Northern Ireland, according to the plane tracking website Flightradar24.
A spokesperson for the airport said they could not immediately confirm a time frame for the reopening of the runway.
The airport website showed some flights have been diverted to other British airports and some departures have been delayed to 6pm.