Jet2 aircraft circling above Flintshire for nearly 2 hours lands safely back at Manchester
Thursday March 1 – Update:
The Jet2 plane landed safely back in Manchester just before 12.30pm around two hours after take off.
#LS809 Jet 2 Manchester-Malaga returned to Manchester with suspected tail strike on departure
Aircraft just landed. 🛬
— Flight Alerts ⚠(@FlightAlerts777) March 1, 2018
Original report.
A Jet2 Boeing 737 is currently circling over parts of Flintshire as it burns fuel ahead of a emergency landing.
Reputable twitter account @airlivenet posted: “ALERT Jet2 #LS809 from Manchester to Malaga is burning fuel before emergency landing.”
ALERT Jet2 #LS809 from Manchester to Malaga is burning fuel before emergency landing #radarbox https://t.co/WSR149JTWs pic.twitter.com/fziD8D2W4n
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) March 1, 2018
Other reports suggest the plane suffered a tail strike on take off from Manchester Airport.
Jet2 LS809 to Malaga returning to Manchester with suspected tail strike @flightradar24 AFS on standby pic.twitter.com/kkC7j2atCO
— EGCC Insider (@EGCCInsider) March 1, 2018
The flight took off from Manchester nearly one and a half hours late at 10.14am and is currently circling over Holywell, Mostyn the Dee Estuary and the Wirral ahead landing back at Manchester.
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