Aer Lingus regional flight suffers hard landing at Belfast City Airport because of ‘adverse weather’

Belfast City Airport’s runway is to remain closed for the remainder of Sunday night after an aircraft was involved in an emergency incident during a landing. It is understood that an Aer Lingus regional flight run by Emerald Airlines was involved in an incident on landing and suffered a collapsed nose wheel. The airport said the incident happened at about 4pm on Sunday, no passengers were on board but there were four crew members on the flight from Edinburgh. No serious injuries were reported on the twin-engined turboprop short-haul craft. Several flights have been redirected to Belfast International Airport. In a statement, Belfast City Airport said its “emergency procedures had been enacted. “This was a positioning fight with no passengers but four crew members [were] on board. The airport’s emergency procedures were enacted. The runway is currently closed and will be for the rest of the day. Passengers are asked to contact their airline.”<br/>