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Birmingham Airport runway reopened after 'aircraft incident'
BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT, UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 6 – Emergency landing due to landing gear failure caused runway closure for over six hours, delaying or canceling dozens of flights, with three people treated and discharged at the scene.
- After a light aircraft emergency landing at 1.40pm on Wednesday, Birmingham Airport confirmed just before 8pm that the runway had reopened.
- Shortly after 1.40pm, the Beechcraft fixed-wing aircraft declared an in-flight emergency due to landing gear problems en route to Belfast, then diverted to Birmingham.
- Many departures were delayed as a result of the runway closures, with the 6am KLM flight to Amsterdam cancelled, Ryanair flights from Dublin and Malta four hours late, and Jet2 arrivals up to three hours late.
- In the aftermath, the airport apologised and urged passengers to check flight details and follow airline advice, noting no compensation is payable under air passengers’ rights rules.
- Despite the runway reopening, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has deployed inspectors for an inquiry, and flights on Thursday remain heavily delayed after Wednesday’s diversions.
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