- A plane has skidded off the runway at Bristol Airport.
- Flights to and from Bristol Airport have been cancelled.
- A list of cancellations has been published online.
- It is said the runway is unlikely to open until at least 19:00 today.
Bristol Airport flights are cancelled today, December 22 2017, following a plane skidding off the runway at the airport.
The airport has one single runway, meaning a number of arrivals and departures from the airport are cancelled while the situation is dealt with.
A full list of flight cancellations is available as the crisis continues.
Has your flight been cancelled at Bristol Airport?
Departures
Venice easyJet EZY 3362 15:20 Cancelled
Edinburgh easyJet EZY 427 15:55 Cancelled
Jersey Flybe BE 6495 17:05 Cancelled
Amsterdam Klm KL 1054 17:20 Cancelled
Dusseldorf BMI Regional BM 1867 17:25 Cancelled
Arrivals
Glasgow easyJet EZY 404 14:30 15:50 Cancelled
Hamburg BMI Regional BM 1838 15:20 Cancelled
Frankfurt BMI Regional BM 1826 15:40 Cancelled
Belfast Intl EZY 444 15:45 Cancelled
Basel easyJet EZY 6086 16:00 Cancelled
Jersey Flybe BE 6494 16:35 Cancelled
Pisa easyJet EZY 6190 16:35 Cancelled
Inverness easyJet EZY 416 16:40 Cancelled
Amsterdam Klm KL 1053 16:50 Diverting
Paris CDG BMI Regional BM 1886 16:55 Cancelled
Edinburgh easyJet EZY 426 17:15 Cancelled
Belfast Intl easyJet EZY 446 17:15 Cancelled
Geneva easyJet EZY 6156 17:40 Cancelled
Toulouse easyJet EZY 6142 17:55 Cancelled
Glasgow easyJet EZY 406 18:00 Cancelled
Prague easyJet EZY 6266 18:15 Cancelled
Edinburgh easyJet EZY 428 18:45 19:10 Cancelled
Rome easyJet EZY 6186 18:45 Cancelled
Tenerife Thomascook MT 1423 19:35 Diverting
Dusseldorf BMI Regional BM 1868 20:50 Cancelled
In a statement on Twitter, Bristol Airport confirmed none of the 25 passengers had been hurt.
“After landing at Bristol Airport at 11.36 this morning an Embraer 145 inbound from Frankfurt (flight number BM1822) left the runway while taxiing. Passengers were disembarked and returned to the terminal by coach. None of the 25 people on board were hurt.
They also confirmed the runway remains closed and have apologised for the disruption to passengers.
“The recovery team has arrived on site with the specialist equipment required to remove the aircraft. The runway remains closed whilst the aircraft is towed to an aircraft stand before flights can resume.
“The runway is unlikely to reopen until 19.00h this evening at the earliest. We are sorry for the disruption and flight cancellations experienced and fully appreciate it is frustrating for passengers.
“We thank passengers for their patience while we continue to work to return operations to normal. In the meantime, all passengers are advised to contact their airline to obtain the latest flight information.”
