Small plane incident closes runway
11.07.09
Flights to and from Edinburgh Airport were disrupted after a light aircraft's wing struck the runway as it landed yesterday. The accident, which happened at 11:15, involved an ST75 ‘wing walker’ which had taken part in the East Fortune airshow on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the airport said it was forced to close its runway as a result of the incident.
The runway reopened just after midday. Two flights coming in were diverted to Glasgow and Prestwick airports, while three flights were held at the airport waiting to take-off. The diverted flights were a Ryanair flight from Frankfurt, which went to Prestwick, and a flight from Charles de Gaulle, which landed at Glasgow.
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