Virgin Atlantic flight VS3 departed London Heathrow today at 08:51 GMT to New York JFK Airport.

The Airbus A350-1000 (registration G-VPOP) climbed to 38,000 ft from runway 27R. But hours into the flight and while being only few miles from Canada’s coast, the pilots decided to turn around.

The crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) 8 hours after departure, while entering UK’s airspace due to hydraulic fault and steering issues.

UPDATE #1
The flight is diverting to Manchester Airport.

UPDATE #2
The A350 has landed on runway 23L with landing gear doors deployed due to a hydraulic issue.

UPDATE #3
The aircraft is currently stuck on the runway surrounded by emergency vehicles.

UPDATE #4
The A350K is being towed.

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For the second time today, runways at Manchester Airport were closed for workers to remove the snow. All flights were put on hold.

The pilots of flight SK4609 declared an emergency (squawk 7700) due to low fuel.

The Airbus A320neo (registration EI-SIG) exited the holding pattern to start approach to Liverpool Airport.

UPDATE 14:18 GMT
Flight SK4609 has diverted to Liverpool.

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Passengers have been warned Manchester Airport has closed its runways as “significant” levels of snow continues to fall.

Yellow snow and ice warnings are in place in the region as people are warned of travel chaos on the roads, railways and in the skies.

In a statement, the airport said: “Our runways are temporarily closed due to significant levels of snow, as our teams work hard to clear them as quickly as possible.”

UPDATE 09:57 GMT
Landings resuming on runway 23R.

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Due to snow, no flights are currently accepted at Manchester Airport. The visibility is 2.4 km.

Long haul flights are holding:

• Hainan Airlines HU753 from Beijing
• Emirates EK21 from Dubai
• Juneyao Airlines HO1661 from Shanghai
• Eurowings EW7768 from Hamburg
• Etihad EY77 from Abu Dhabi

UPDATE 07:13 GMT
Flight operations are slowly resuming. Hainan Airlines HU753 just landed on runway 05L.

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The flight departed Manchester at 16:19 GMT to Aberdeen but turned around only few minutes after takeoff.

The Embraer ERJ 145EU (registration G-SAJH) climbed to 16,000 ft before the pilots turned around and squawked 7700 (general emergency).

The aircraft returned to Manchester only 29 minutes after departure.

According to source, flight LM26 returned to Manchester due to a windscreen shattered due to lightning strike, captain side.

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A TUI Boeing 787-9 flying from Cancun to Copenhagen diverted 2 times.

The TUI flight #6B4272 departed Cancun on Tuesday, November 26 2024 for a 11-hour flight to Copenhagen.

The aircraft (registration SE-RFZ) diverted to St. John’s in Northern Canada after 6 hours into the flight, possibly for a medical emergency.

The Boeing 787 resumed the flight but landed in Manchester today Wednesday at 09:45 GMT, possibly to refuel after crossing Atlantic.

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Wizz Air flight #W61305 attempted to land in London Luton Airport after a 3-hour floight from Warsaw.

The Airbus A321-200 (registration A-LTA) circled several for about 20 mins around LTN Airport then decided to divert to Manchester due to wind gusting up to 34 kt.

The crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) to request priority landing at Manchester Airport.

The A321 aircraft safely landed at 19:54 GMT on runway 23R.

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Emirates flight #EK39 was scheduled to land at 12:25 at Birmingham, UK.

The Airbus A380 (registration A6-EVB) was put on hold at 10,000 ft near BHX airport before a first landing attempt on runway 33 at 13:17 BST.

The aircraft went around due to a strong crosswind and heavy rain. A second attempt resulted in the same action due to low visbility.

The flight then was vectored to Manchester Airport where it landed one hour later.

We are in the process of rebooking the flights to final destination and will send updated itinerary shortly.

Emirates

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Two aircrafts did a go around and ops vehicles were on 23R for around 10 minutes forcing all flights to hold or divert.

Affected flights to Manchester:

• Jet2 #LS852 declared an emergency due to low fuel and diverted to Liverpool
• easyJet #U27851 diverted to Liverpool
• Jet2 #LS938 diverted to Liverpool
• British Airways #BA1402 diverted to Birmingham
• Eurowings #EW9345 performed a go around

According to source, a bird strike occurred on the runway. Several ops vehicles entered the runway 23R forcing the airport to stop flight operations.

UPDATE 20:20 BST
The runway reopened.

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The flight #BA1306 departed London Heathrow Friday, September 27 2024 at 09:05 BST for a one-hour flight to Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Airbus A319-100 (registration G-DBCG) climbed to 28,000 ft before the crew declared a general emergency (squawk 7700).

Pilots contacted ATC due to smoke and fumes in the cockpit according to Flight Emergency.

The aircraft was met by fire trucks following landing on runway 05R at Manchester Airport. It taxied to stand escorted by emergency vehicles.

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A Coast Guard aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport during the night.

After take off from Humberside Airport, the Beech 200 Super King Air entered a hold at 8,000 ft as the pilots had to deal with navigation instruments issues.

After holding for about 40 minutes, the crew decided to divert to Manchester Airport where it landed at 23:15 BST Saturday, September 7 2024.

Humberside Airport is an international airport at Kirmington in the Borough of North Lincolnshire, England.

His Majesty’s Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.

HMCG’s fleet:

• 3 Beechcraft King Air B200 – search and rescue, fisheries patrol, pollution patrol, maritime surveillance
• 3 Beechcraft King Air B350 – surveillance, search and rescue
• 2 Piper PA-31 Navajo – search and rescue, fisheries patrol, maritime surveillance
• 2 Diamond DA62

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easyJet flight #UA247 departed Belfast at 15:00 BST to Leeds.

The Airbus A319 (registration G-EZGH) entering a hold on approach to Leeds because of fog. The visibility was only 800 m and the crew finally decided to divert.

Pilots declared an emergency due to low fuel and was vectored to Manchester Airport.

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