UK airport closed after aircraft landing incident

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="43 The Top 5 Largest Aircraft in the World" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1097" height="2136" src="http://afun4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/43.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" title="The Top 5 Largest Aircraft in the World" width="3216" /></span><br /> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Doncaster’s Robin Hood Airport is closed after an aircraft had a problem with its undercarriage while landing.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The LinksAir plane, which had two crew members and one passenger on board, was flying to the airport in South Yorkshire from Belfast City Airport.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The passenger was taken to hospital for checks after the incident at 19:30 BST, the airport said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It added that the Jetstream 31 aircraft remained near the runway and could not be moved until investigators arrived.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It said the runway might remain closed until Saturday lunchtime.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Steve Gill, the airport managing director, told the Doncaster Free Press: “Our apologies go to any passengers expecting to fly into or out of Doncaster Sheffield Airport tonight. Our team will work to ensure the airport reopens as soon as possible.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bobby Fett, 39, from Newcastle upon Tyne, was at the airport on board a plane due to depart for Romania at the time of the Belfast flight’s arrival.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He and fellow passengers were told by the pilot there was a “problem on the runway”.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The crash happened as I was sat on the plane about to depart,” he said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I was sat at the rear on my aircraft and was informed by the pilot that there was a problem on the runway.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“When I looked out I saw what looked to be a small aircraft with its right wing down on the floor. It was obvious it had an undercarriage problem by the way it was sat.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Four inbound scheduled flights and three outbound services were affected on Friday evening, the airport said.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A further three outbound flights are expected to be diverted on Saturday morning.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At 22:00, there were about 300 people in the airport terminal awaiting information, the airport added.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All passengers are advised to contact their airlines.</span></div> </div> <div class="story-bottom" style="position: relative; text-align: center; top: -10px;"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="widget wpbr-widget" id="story-bottom"> <div class="widget-wrap"> <div class="wpbrad wpbrad-zone" id="wpbrbannerajax9fd81843ad"> <div class="wpbrbanner" id="wpbrbanner478" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 5px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 5px; clear: both; height: 60px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: left; width: 460px;"> <div class="wpbrbannerinside"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

UK airport closed after aircraft landing incident

Doncaster’s Robin Hood Airport is closed after an aircraft had a problem with its undercarriage while landing. The LinksAir plane, whi...

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