Airbus Beluga forced to land at Liverpool airport after technical problem with a flap

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales

This article is old - Published: Monday, Feb 15th, 2016

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Airbus’ Beluga #4 was forced to land at Liverpool John Lennon airport on Sunday afternoon after reports the plane suffered a technical issue believed to be a problem with one of the aircraft’s flaps.

The giant wing transporter, on a routine flight from Airbus Toulouse to Airbus Broughton, was seen circling over parts of Flintshire from around 4.45pm.

Airport worker Mike Peover tweeted a picture of fire engines leaving their base at Liverpool airport in preparation for the incoming Airbus transport planes landing.

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The plane continued to circle over parts of county at around 6000ft – performing eight circuits over the A494 – Broughton and Mold, after 30 minutes the flight was diverted to Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport as it has longer runway and Beluga would be traveling faster than usual due to the technical problems.

Aviation website Airlive.Net said;

‘After holding for an hour or so the aircraft made an emergency landing at Liverpool Airport. After it was discovered that there was a problem with the aircraft’s flaps. This meant that the landing speed of the aircraft would have to be faster than normal so the pilot opted to land at LPL.’

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