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.