Passengers travelling to Belfast City Airport have made their way home for Christmas despite disruption. The airport reopened to flights on Monday, a day after its runway closed when a plane was damaged in a "hard landing ".

Belfast City Airport has re-opened on Monday morning after an incident involving an Aer Lingus plane landing on Sunday closed the runway. Hundreds of passengers were affected with flights cancelled or diverted. The Aer Lingus regional carrier had no passengers onboard and four crew members when the flight landed heavily due to the bad weather.

Belfast City Airport's runway remains closed to all flights after an Aer Lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while landing during strong winds. It appears its nose wheel collapsed when it landed at about 16:00 GMT, with pictures showing its nose resting on the runway tarmac.

Flights at Belfast City Airport have been cancelled after an incident on the runway from an AerLingus aircraft which has sparked a large emergency service response

A plane’s nose wheel collapsed as it landed at Belfast City Airport because of poor weather. There were four crew and no passengers on board when the hard landing occurred on Sunday afternoon. It triggered emergency procedures at the airport and has forced the runway to close for the rest of the day.

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An Aer Lingus flight was involved in an incident as it landed at Belfast City Airport this afternoon, with the runway now closed and passengers urged to check with their airline

Belfast International Airport have said that they are "limited" in the number of diverted flights that they can accept this evening following an incident at Belfast City Airport. The runway at Belfast City Airport will remain closed for the rest of today after an Aer Lingus/Emerald Airlines flight suffered a hard landing in adverse weather.