Manchester Airport - Emergency Landing

A plane carrying about 200 passengers has been forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport.

The scheduled American Airlines flight to Chicago turned back to the airport after developing a problem with its hydraulics shortly after take-off.

As a result of the high speed landing a tyre burst, but the plane landed safely and no-one was injured.

Some flights were diverted while the runway was closed but the aircraft has now been towed off the taxiway.


Aircraft was an Boeing 767, I even watched it take off with my own eyes.

I wish I could have seen it!

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the airport is still closed tho

'Common problem'

About seven incoming flights to Manchester were diverted to other UK airports as a result, while outgoing flights were suspended for about one hour.

"The captain of flight AA55 could have continued to Chicago but decided to return to Manchester," the spokeswoman said.

"As a precaution we implemented full emergency landing procedures and we lined the runway with fire engines.

"But it has to be said this is a fairly routine and common problem.

"The landing gear came down and two tyres on the plane sustained damage and as a result we could not tow the plane from the runway, causing some further delay.

"Operations were suspended for around one hour."

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