Incident Log

[Aviador]

The BBC is reporting that East Midlands Airport is currently closed due to an incident involving a cargo aircraft. The airport is closed and it is not known when the airport will re-open.

It is believed the landing gear of a 737 cargo plane failed after landing.

 

[CL44]

At least Air Contractors did not do what TNT did a few years ago (if you recall they attempted a landing at EMA and dropped part of the main gear whilst trying to land and then continued over to BHX and finished the job there by closing the runway for a day!!). I still never found out if EMA charged them a landing fee or not (did they leave enough of the frame there to qualify for a landing fee?). Have not seen too many diversions here at BHX so I was wondering where everyone went to?

 

[Ray Finkle]

There's a couple of pictures on the BBC article below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27201081

 

[User0001]

DHL B767-300F G-DHLE operating DHK973 has been holding at 33,000ft east of MAN, and Swiftair EMB has been holding at 15,000ft south of EMA.

 

[Ray Finkle]

G-DHLH operating DHK973 from JFK has just joined it at 34k and a BMR135 from BRU seems to have joined the Swiftair.

 

[Aviador]

Is EMA still closed?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Their website says it still is. One of the DHL's is now heading out to sea over Skegness and the Swift Air is heading south, also a UPS 763F has joined the other DHL holding over Liverpool.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The Swift Air went to Luton, the first DHL went to Brussels with the second heading that way, the UPS went to Stansted and the BMR and Star Air are still holding over Leicester.

 

[jfy1999]

Flames as plane makes emergency landing at airport

Dramatic pictures have emerged of the plane on the runway

www.staffordshire-live.co.uk

The tyres on a plane burst into flames as it made an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport.

The incident happened at the Castle Donington airport last night, Thursday, September 30.

 

[Deleted member 13091]

Was that cargo plane operated by Deutsche Post and DHL/
Is it a fair assumption that the tyres were under an excess load and failed?

John

 

[Jerry]

Was that cargo plane operated by Deutsche Post and DHL/
Is it a fair assumption that the tyres were under an excess load and failed?

John

It'll be operated by most likely by Kallita Air or Polar Air if it's a 747 for DHL.