Birmingham airport incident: How a 41-minute flight closed one of the UK’s busiest airports
Thousands of passengers faced travel delays and deteriorations after all flights from Birmingham Airport were suspended due to the “aircraft incident”.
When trying to travel to Belfast at around 13.00 on Wednesday, the event is believed to contain a light plane that will not be deployed.
While Birmingham continues its airport operations and reopening the runway around 20.00, passengers continue to face delay as they have been guided and canceled.
Britain’s seventh most intense airport, in 2024, the number of passengers increased by 12 percent and reached 12.85 million. Easyjet is expected to be the most intense summer for West Midlands Hub, as he joins the increasing number of airlines to build a base in Birmingham.
As the situation emerges, we know about the glitch in Birmingham Airport.
What happened?
The relevant aircraft is believed to have been a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air twin turboprop light airplane that belongs to Woodgate Aviation, which describes itself as an institutional, business, private and general aviation services provider in Northern Ireland.
The flight, which is believed to have gone to the main base of George Best Belfast City, started at 13:00, according to data on Flightradar24. He climbed 5,750 feet and almost entered a holding pattern.
At 13:00 in the morning, the airplane track exceeded only 300 feet, but it remains unclear whether the pilot tried to land or whether the air traffic controllers have examined the sub -team. Flghtradar data shows that it contacts the ground at 13:00.
Woodgate Aviation said in a statement: “When the turbo-pro plane developed problems, the landing team was flying to Belfast International Airport.
“Two crew members and a passenger were on board, but it was not damaged.
“The aircraft remains on the track and will cooperate with Woodgate Aviation Air accident researchers and airport services.
“We want to pay tribute to the professionalism of our colleagues and emergency services at the airport for their fast actions.”
Is everyone injured?
According to West Midlands police, small planes were slightly injured after an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport.
Birmingham Airport Police said on social media: “This afternoon, after participating in an emergency descent at 13:40, we are at the Birmingham airport in the afternoon.
“Officers were reported to have been slightly injured between the emergency teams at the scene.
“Civil Aviation Authority was informed and as an investigation was conducted, the airport operations suspended.”
West Midlands ambulance service, three people were treated at the scene and discharged, he said.
A spokesman said: “We were called to an incident with a light plane at Birmingham Airport at 1.45.. Dangerous field intervention team medical officers and three medical officers were sent. We found three patients from the plane at the arrival, all were evaluated and evacuated at the scene.”
Which flights were delayed?
The last flight to touch before closing was the Ryanair flight from Perpignan, who descended at 1.52. Two minutes later, an easy flight got up to the Tenerife.
Flights immediately after the runway were closed to alternative airports. Here are all the deviations that we have been aware of:
- East Midlands: Air France from Paris, Ryanair from Murcia, Jet2, Preveza and Mahon from Kalamata, Tui from Rhodes.
- Manchester: Jet2 from Lanzarote, Malaga and Faro, Ryanan from Bucharest, Turkish Airlines from Istanbul, Tui from Kos.
- London Stansted: Ryaniir and Palma from Malaga, Jet2 from SKIATHOS.LTON: Jet2, Corfu and Easyjet from Heraklion.
In addition, when a Aer Lingus regional aircraft from Belfast City returned to the starting point, it was about half of the Irish Sea.
The flight of Brussels airlines from the Belgian capital was canceled with Birmingham’s return leg.
Is the airport website still closed?
Birmingham Airport Shortly after advising passengers to check their flight situations, Birmingham Airport website landed down and replaced it with an error code. It remains unclear what is on the online platform, but it works and works.
What has Birmingham Airport so far?
The airport operator announced that the operations started again and returned to normal.
Bugün Today, after the plane incident, the track was reopened and the operations started again, dedi the airport said in an update on X.
He apologized for the interruptions caused by the incident and said that passengers should check the flight details and follow the advice given by the airlines.
He added the airport: “Our teams worked as quickly as possible in line with the solid protocols that should be followed to ensure that the runway is reopened safely after a long closing.”
