Flights at Belfast City Airport have been cancelled after an incident on the runway from an AerLingus aircraft which has sparked a large emergency service response

A plane’s nose wheel collapsed as it landed at Belfast City Airport because of poor weather. There were four crew and no passengers on board when the hard landing occurred on Sunday afternoon. It triggered emergency procedures at the airport and has forced the runway to close for the rest of the day.

The runway at Belfast City Airport is to remain closed for the rest of today following an incident on the runway. Emergency services were scrambled after an Aer Lingus /Emerald Airlines aircraft suffered a nose wheel collapse upon landing at the airport.

Belfast City Airport’s runway has closed after an emergency incident involving an Aer Lingus regional flight. A spokesperson for Belfast City Airport said: “At around 16:00 today, (Sunday 22 December) an Aer Lingus regional flight, operated by Emerald Airlines, had an incident on landing at Belfast City Airport.

Belfast City Airport’s runway is “operating at normal” after it was forced to close following an emergency incident.A plane’s nose wheel collapsed as it landed in the airport amid adverse weather conditions on Sunday afternoon.

The runway at Belfast City Airport is set to remain closed for the rest of today following in incident involving an Aer Lingus aircraft. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene shortly after 4pm with other flights diverted to Belfast International Airport.

All flights in and out of Belfast City Airport have been cancelled on Sunday evening after an Aer Lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while landing during strong winds. The plane had flown from Edinburgh to Belfast at about 16:00 GMT with four crew members but no passengers on board.

An Aer Lingus flight was involved in an incident as it landed at Belfast City Airport this afternoon, with the runway now closed and passengers urged to check with their airline