All flights are on maintain at Birmingham Airport (BHX) following an emergency touchdown that befell as we speak, August 6. All passengers concerned have been discharged, and the “plane incident” is at present below investigation.
What occurred?
West Midlands Police has confirmed that round 1:40pm this afternoon, a small non-public plane required an emergency touchdown at Birmingham Airport. The plane has been recognized as a Beech B200 Tremendous King Air, belonging to Irish constitution firm, Woodgate Aviation.
In accordance with flight knowledge, the plane was as a result of fly again to Belfast however only some minutes after departure, rotated and headed again to Birmingham Airport. The plane transmitted a 7700 squawk code which knowledgeable air site visitors management that there was an emergency. Nonetheless, the trigger for the incident at present stays unknown.
Emergency companies had been on the scene, together with firefighters from Bickenhill and Sutton Coldfield, and a workforce of paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service. Three individuals had been assessed and discharged by parademics, with one having minor accidents.
On account of the incident, Birmingham Airport has suspended operations with all flights on maintain. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has additionally been knowledgeable concerning the occassion, and investigations are ongoing.
What subsequent?
With investigations into the “plane incident” being carried out, Birmingham Airport’s runway stays closed. Each check-in and safety on the airport have additionally been briefly suspended.
A number of flights have been diverted to East Midlands Airport, however the alternate airport has now acknowledged that they’re unable to take any additional diverts with out negatively impacting their normal operations.
Birmingham Airport has launched an announcement on X (beforehand Twitter), warning anticipating passengers to test for flight updates and apologising for delays. It reads:
“Following an plane incident, the runway is briefly closed.
We apologise for the inconvenience this can trigger.
We’ll preserve passengers already on the airport knowledgeable and people as a result of journey later as we speak are being suggested to test the standing of their flight earlier than coming to the airport.
We’ll proceed to subject updates after we can.”
This unlucky incident comes every week after Birmingham Airport introduced their plans to enhance buyer expertise via terminal investments and lounge enhancements for these travelling this summer time.
Have you ever or anybody you understand been affected by Birmingham Airport’s runway closure? Tell us.
