East Midlands Airport runway reopens after vintage plane breaks

The runway at East Midlands Airport was temporarily closed after part of a vintage aircraft broke while it was coming into land.

The Harvard T6 aircraft had a "technical issue with its undercarriage", according to an airport spokesperson, but nobody was harmed.

It belongs to Rolls-Royce and is used for training pilots.

The airport moved the plane and got the runway open again before other aircraft were due to arrive and depart.

An airport spokesperson said: "Our fire teams were on the scene immediately and fortunately the two crew were unharmed.

"The runway is back open and operational. There was no disruption to the passenger operation."

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