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The flight plans of thousands of passengers were disrupted on Sunday afternoon when two of Britain’s busiest airports were hit by separate problems.
But heathrowOperations at Europe’s largest airport have been disrupted after a cargo plane collided with the rear. no one was hurt.
5.13 pm A DHL The Airbus A300 cargo plane was taking off from Leipzig when the tail section hit the north runway. According to data from Flightradar24, the plane was traveling at a speed of 170 mph when the incident occurred.
Jerry Dyer, who runs the YouTube channel Big Jet TV, was doing commentary at that time. He later said: “If you look, about 40 feet [above the ground]There is a gust, which destabilizes them, causing first a touch to the left, then they correct it to the right, then it starts to go really wrong, almost turning into oscillation. The engines were dim and the spoilers were up.
“It appears as if they tried to avoid hitting the nose on the runway, resulting in a sharp nose-up pitch.
“Based on the high angle of pitch, it appears they were attempting to go to touchdown, but had to wait until the engines were at full power.”
The pilots then took off again to perform a “go-around” and landed safely on the southern runway 20 minutes later.
a spokesperson for DHL UK told Independent: “We are pleased to report that all crew members are safe. We will investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident in cooperation with the relevant aviation authorities. Until that investigation is complete, we are unable to provide any further information.”
Heathrow’s northern runway was closed for inspection following the incident. While the closure was for 10 minutes or less, many aircraft had to do “go-arounds”, increasing pressure on air-traffic controllers.
More than 20 departing flights were delayed by an hour or more – including at least seven transatlantic departures.
At about the same time, manchester The airport was hit by fog, causing numerous delays, diversions and cancellations.
One easyJet Before flying from Istanbul to Manchester it took half an hour to go round the airport to the south and then turn towards East Midlands Airport.
Passengers of Airbus A320 operating Flight 2152 spent more than two hours on the ground at the airport before departing for Manchester. Once again, the aircraft had to fly in a holding pattern before landing safely, with a delay of three and a half hours.
Due to the delays in Manchester, easyJet grounded a total of 16 arrivals and departures, affecting approximately 2,500 passengers. The cancellations also included links to and from Venice, Berlin and Dalaman in Turkey.
An EasyJet spokesperson said: “Due to air traffic control restrictions due to the impact of adverse weather conditions in Manchester yesterday, some flights were unable to operate.
“While this was beyond our control, we regret the inconvenience caused and we provided customers with the option to rebook or receive a refund, as well as hotel accommodation and meals where necessary.
“The safety and well-being of our customers and crew is easyJet’s top priority.”