Fire crews surrounded a Jet2 plane this afternoon after an emergency landing at Manchester Airport.
It is understood the flight, to Fuerteventura from Newcastle, made the diversion due to a “minor” technical issue on board the aircraft. The flight, which had been due to land in the Canary Islands at 2.10pm, was delayed taking off at Newcastle due to today’s heavy snow.
Newcastle and Manchester Airports were among a number of UK hubs impacted by the wintry weather with flights delayed both to and from the bases. Snow had to be cleared off runways there and, last night, at Bristol Airport, where operations were suspended for a short while.
But after the Fuerteventura left Newcastle, a problem was encountered and it had to land at Manchester. Firefighters rushed to the plane, thought to be common practice in landings of this nature. It is believed all the passengers and crew have been confirmed safe and transferred onto a new plane to complete their journey.
Photos sent to Manchester Evening News show a fire engine move towards the Jet2 plane following the landing. Snow is still seen on the ground but, by this time, all operations had resumed at Manchester Airport, which was in 2022 the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passengers.
According to the flight path, as seen on Flightradar, the aircraft can be seen circling over the north west, including parts of Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Cheshire before eventually being able to land. Jet2 has been approached for a statement on the incident.
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