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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Alexandra Rucki

Manchester Airport runway blocked after Emirates plane made emergency landing

An Emirates flight landed at Manchester Airport with a 'technical issue' and blocked a runway.

Flight EK21, which was travelling from Dubai to Manchester, is understood to have performed an emergency landing.

The flight was blocking one runway and was surrounded by emergency services when it landed just after 8am.

A spokesman for Manchester Airport said it meant the airport was down to "single runway operations" for a short period of time.

It is understood the flight was later towed away and the spokesman added the incident did not delays any other flights.

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No further details regarding the technical glitch have been released at this stage.

A tweet from one passenger said: "Emergency landing at Manchester Airport from a Emirates plane that is now totally blocking one runway , lots of emergency services."

An Emirates spokesman said: "Emirates can confirm flight EK21 from Dubai to Manchester on 27 August 2019 experienced a technical fault after landing in Manchester.

"As a precautionary measure, the aircraft was towed to the terminal and checked by the local authorities. All passengers disembarked safely and engineers are in the process of fixing the technical issue. Emirates apologises for any inconvenience caused. The safety of our passengers and crew is of the utmost importance.”

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