Flight disruption after light aircraft 'incident'
Passengers have been warned to expect delays while the incident is dealt with
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Flights to and from the Isle of Man have been disrupted due to an 鈥渋ncident involving a small general aviation aircraft鈥 on one of the runways.
The incident happened at about 16:00 BST in the area of the main runway, sparking a turnout by the emergency services, rendering it "unusable" by other planes.
While both runways had to be closed for a time to allow the 鈥渄isabled鈥 aircraft to be recovered, they reopened at about 20:20 after it was removed using on-site machinery.
Airport authorities said while it 鈥渕ay take some time for flights to arrive鈥, the runways were again open for operation.
During the disruption commercial flights operating smaller aircraft had been able to use the shorter runway after initial delays to assess the situation, however the schedules for larger planes had 鈥渞egrettably鈥 been affected, they said.
Passengers waiting to board flights had been warned that in order to facilitate journeys being made by the smaller aircraft, 鈥渨e may need to move some passengers back from the departure lounge to keep the terminal operating鈥.
While some flights were diverted or cancelled, several others had been delayed.
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