Some flights from Belfast City Airport were canceled and delayed after the plane’s nose wheel collapsed during hard landing | UK News

Four flights have been canceled at Belfast City Airport this morning, along with a number of delays, after a plane’s nose wheel collapsed during a hard landing in bad weather.

Almost all flights scheduled to depart before 10, is delayed from Belfast City Airport, with a flight at 6.35 to London Heathrow, which will now depart four hours later.

The airport closed its runway on Sunday after an Aer Lingus regional flight, operated by Emerald Airlines, was damaged during landing at around 10am.

There were four crew members but no passengers on board, but the incident triggered emergency procedures.

Some flights were also diverted to Belfast International Airport.

The journey was a “positioning flight” – to move an aircraft rather than carry passengers – and had taken off from Edinburgh Airport.

In a statement early Monday, the airport said: “The aircraft has been moved – the runway has now reopened and will operate as normal today.

“Passengers affected by the resulting cancellations and diversions yesterday, or those due to travel today, should check the status of their flight with the airline before going to the airport.”

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The aircraft “experienced a hard landing” due to “adverse weather conditions” across the UK on Sunday.

Planes, trains and ferries were affected of stormy weather and wind gusts of about 70 mph.

About 100 flights from Heathrow Airport were canceled on Sunday due to “strong winds and airspace restrictions”, although “the vast majority” were operating as normal, a spokesman said.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said crews were called after a plane’s nose wheel collapsed on landing.

“We had a total of 24 people in attendance assisting Belfast City Airport Fire Service to make the scene safe. NIFRS have now left the scene,” said a post on X.

Belfast International Airport said on Sunday that four flights had been diverted there due to the closure of the runway at the city’s airport.

“As we already had a heavier than normal schedule, now with these extra flights we are close to capacity so we are limited in how many more diverted flights we can take tonight but we will continue to support where it is possible,” a spokesman added.