Due to circumstances "beyond the control" of the airline, a Ryanair flight carrying winter vacationers was forced to reschedule its nighttime landing at Birmingham Airport. After crossing the border to East Midlands Airport, which is around 40 miles distant, air traffic control redirected the aircraft, which was coming from Palma in Spain.
On Friday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m., the budget airline was supposed to land at BHX, a location in Solihull. However, according to flightradar data, the aircraft touched down at East Midlands Airport, which is located in Castle Donington.
The detour was caused by a runway restriction at Birmingham Airport, airline executives claimed, and there was very little inconvenience to passengers.
BirminghamLive is aware that the reason for Friday night's runway shutdown was necessary safety maintenance involving "rubber removal" on the runway tarmac. Following our request for confirmation from Birmingham Airport, departures and arrivals at the bustling transport hub have been proceeding without any issues.
A Ryanair representative spoke concerning the incident on Friday, saying, "Due to the runway closure at Birmingham Airport, this flight from Palma to Birmingham (10 Nov) was diverted to East Midlands.
"Ryanair arranged for alternate transportation from East Midlands to Birmingham in order to minimize any disturbance to passengers." We really regret any difficulty this diversion—which was not under Ryanair's control—may have caused."
According to BHX executives, "essential maintenance" is performed on the runways in November to ensure crew and passenger safety. In order to ensure that pilots can land a plane safely, rubber marks on runways should be removed as they might lead to potentially dangerous circumstances.
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