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East Midlands Airport closes temporarily after crash landing

An aircraft developed and undercarriage failure upon landing.

East Midlands Airport closed this morning after the undercarriage of a Rolls Royce training aircraft collapsed when it landed.

A spokesperson for East Midlands Airport said:

‘A Harvard T6 aircraft ( reg. KF183 ) which is used for training purposes encountered a technical issue with its undercarriage u[on landing at East Midlands Airport this morning.

‘Our fire teams were on the scene immediately and fortunately the two crew were unharmed.

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‘The aircraft, which is currently resting on the grass adjacent to the runway, in in the process of being removed and normal operations will resume shortly.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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