Birmingham Airport latest: Thousands of passengers still disrupted after plane’s emergency landing closes runway

Independent Travel Reporter Simon Calder Reports:

Ten hours after the reopening of Birmingham Airport, tired passengers are fighting to reach their holidays or return home.

Further flights on Thursday after dozens of diversion and cancellation on Wednesday are grounded or delayed intensively.

A 6:00 KLM flight was canceled for Amsterdam because the plane and crew could not reach Birmingham on Wednesday. Many separations have been delayed as a result of the runway closing of the runway, seeing a planes as far away as Liverpool, Cardiff and Gatwick.

During the arrival of Emirates from Dubai using the largest plane serving Birmingham on Wednesday evening, West Midlands landed at Stansted before flying to the airport. Return foot was midnight, more than two hours late, and inevitably caused abducted connections for many passengers planning to connect in Dubai for Asia and Australian destinations.

On Wednesday, the Jet2 passengers going to Greek Island Zante will come three hours late, and with a two -hour delay, they will face holidaymakers under the chairmanship of the airline who went to Menorca.

Returning to Birmingham, travelers faced excessive delays overnight. Ryanir passengers from Dublin and Malta were four hours late, while a Tui plane from Palma was five hours behind the program.

Pursuant to the rules of airplane rights, compensation is not paid because it is beyond the control of airline companies.

The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air can carry nine passengers and are used in various roles, including air ambulance and special tasks.

He first came into production in 1981 and followed the predecessor The Model 101, designed in 1969.

Beechcraft is an American aviation manufacturer in Arkansas.

According to the website, Birmingham Airport is the seventh largest airport in England and the third largest airport outside London, and in 2023 it deals with about 11.5 million passengers.

By 2033, this figure hopes to reach 18 million with an increase of 50 percent.

There are more than 450 direct routes and more than 450 only one hand than a terminal, hosting about 30 airlines.

Birmingham Airport said that the track was temporarily closed after the incident at 14:40.

He then claimed that the flights would remain ground until at least 20.00.

In an update published on Wednesday evening before 20.00, the airport said: “Today, after the plane incident, the track was reopened and the operations started again.”

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.

Air Accident Research Branch (AAIB), Birmingham Airport deployed, “Aircraft operations, engineering and data experts, including inspectors, including a multi -disciplined team, said an investigation into the incident.

Woodgate Aviation said it will cooperate with air accident inspectors and airport services.

If you are flying from a UK/ EU airport or an English/ European airline and cancel your flight – or if you are delayed at least three hours in arrival – assumption is that you owe hundreds of pounds compensation.

Payment depends on the distance:

• Under 1,500km, for example from London to Barcelona: 220 £ 220 or 250 €
• 1,500-3.500km: £ 350 or 400 € such as Manchester-Lizbon
• Over 3,500km, for example Birmingham-Dubai: £ 520 or 600 €. If a long -distance destination delay is between three and four hours, the compensation is halved.

The only way to avoid payment of the airline is to show that “extraordinary conditions” are responsible.