At around 4pm today, Sunday 22 December, an Aer Lingus regional flight, operated by Emerald Airlines, had an incident on landing at Belfast City Airport. This was a positioning flight with no passengers but four crew members onboard.
The nose gear collapsed in a hard landing during strong gusts of wind as the flight arrived from Edinburgh. Images from the scene show the turboprop plane on the side of a runway.
A spokesperson for Belfast City Airport said no passengers were on the aircraft when the incident happened. The airport's emergency procedures were enacted.
A number of flights have been diverted to Belfast International Airport as a result of the incident, including a British Airways flight from London City.
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