East Midlands Airport runway reopens after plane emergency

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East Midlands Airport’s main runway is open again after it was closed by a light aircraft emergency.

It was shut on Thursday lunchtime after a landing gear problem after landing left a small plane stranded on the runway.

It was closed between 12.10pm and 1.50pm while East Midlands staff removed it.

The Air Accident Investigation Branch has sent a team to investigate and will publish a report on the incident later.

Six flights were affected in total, with the 1.25pm flight to Guernsey cancelled and a Limoges flight was delayed for two hours.

Modlin and Guernsey arrivals were diverted to Birmingham and the Amsterdam and Arrecife Lanzarote flights experienced slight delays.