A plane spotter could hardly believe what he was witnessing when an Aer Lingus flight landed heavily on Sunday at Belfast City Airport — skidding down the runway in a shower of sparks.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of a hard landing of an Aer Lingus plane at Belfast City Airport on Sunday. The landing gear on the twin-engine turboprop short haul craft appeared to have failed,

This is the dramatic moment a plane crash landed at Belfast City Airport on Sunday forcing the runway to close for a period. The airport re-opened on Monday morning after the incident involving an Aer Lingus plane. The airport said normal operations had resumed.