Runway closed for remainder of Sunday after emergency incident involving Aer Lingus regional flight run by Emerald Airlines carrying four crew but no passengers

An Aer Lingus Regional positioning flight's nose gear collapsed during a hard landing at Belfast City Airport amid stormy weather. The incident, involving only four crew members, prompted emergency responses and resulted in the airport's temporary closure.

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.

Belfast City Airport has been closed after an Aer Lingus plane experienced an emergency incident while landing during strong winds.

Emergency crews could be seen attending an aircraft as one runway was shut down when a plane suffered a "hard landing" in bad weather.

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.

A flight suffered a hard landing while arriving in Belfast on Sunday afternoon because of adverse weather conditions, an airline has said.The Aer Lingus regional flight, operated by Emerald Airlines,

A flight suffered a hard landing while arriving in Belfast City Airport on Sunday afternoon because of adverse weather conditions, an airline has said. The Aer Lingus regional flight, operated by Emerald Airlines, landed at around 4pm on Sunday after flying from Edinburgh. There were four crew on board and no passengers.

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