Belfast City airport has reopened after an aircraft suffered a nose wheel failure during stormy weather at the weekend, resulting in a runway closure.
The incident involved a 72-passenger ATR aircraft operated by Emerald Airlines on behalf of Aer Lingus
The emergency incident unfolded at around 4pm on Sunday (22 December) when an Emerald Airlines-operated Aer Lingus flight from Edinburgh came in to land.
The aircraft, a 72-passenger ATR 72-600 turboprop, experienced a hard landing resulting in the nose wheel collapsing sending the aircraft skidding along the runway on its nose.
Images from the scene published by several national news outlets show the aircraft stooped on its nose with no sight of the nose wheel itself.
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