Passengers flying from Belfast International Airport today can expect long delays.
The Aldergrove airport was closed this morning due to an incident involving a landing freight aircraft.
Operations director Alan Whiteside said significant flight disruption is expected throughout the day.
@BelfastAirport Update. All arrivals and departures suspended due disabled aircraft on runway. Freight being unloaded to prep for recovery.
— Alan Whiteside (@AlanWhiteside3) October 4, 2016
Aircraft starting to take off @BelfastAirport after incident with a freighter aircraft.
— Belfast Airport (@BelfastAirport) October 4, 2016
An aircraft was stranded on a runway at about 6am and it is thought that it had problems with its tyres.
Graham Keddie, the airport’s managing director, urged anybody travelling to or from the airport to contact their airline.
@BelfastAirport Some departures now taking a shortened distance from Runway 07. No landings possible currently.
— Alan Whiteside (@AlanWhiteside3) October 4, 2016
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