Flights to and from Belfast City airport were halted on Sunday (22 December) following an emergency incident involving an Emerald Airlines aircraft operating on behalf of Aer Lingus

Belfast City Airport has reopened to flights on Monday, a day after its runway closed when a plane was damaged in a "hard landing", but some delays are expected. The Aer Lingus aircraft had to be recovered from the runway after the emergency incident which began at about 16:00 GMT on Sunday.

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.

A plane made a crash-landing at Belfast City Airport on Sunday due to high winds, as severe weather affected travel across the UK in the lead-up to Christmas, according to several media reports. The plane's nose wheel collapsed during landing in challenging conditions,

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.

Belfast City Airport’s runway is “operating at normal” after it was forced to close following an emergency incident.

The runway at Belfast City Airport is to remain closed for the rest of today following an incident on the runway. Emergency services were scrambled after an Aer Lingus /Emerald Airlines aircraft suffered a nose wheel collapse upon landing at the airport.

All flights in and out of Belfast City Airport have been cancelled on Sunday evening after an Aer Lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while landing during strong winds. The plane had flown from Edinburgh to Belfast at about 16:00 GMT with four crew members but no passengers on board.

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