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East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse
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The runway at East Midlands Airport has closed after a Second World War Spitfire's undercarriage collapsed as it was coming in to land. East Midlands Airport was closed for two hours after a Spitfire's undercarriage collapsed as the plane was coming in to land.
The pilot has not been seriously injured but the runway has been closed while debris is cleared away, a spokesperson said. The pilot was not injured but the runway was closed while debris was cleared away.
Flights to East Midlands Airport are currently being diverted to Birmingham. Flights to East Midlands Airport were diverted to Birmingham during the closure.
A spokesman for East Midlands Airport advised any passengers booked on flights to check in as usual. A spokesman for East Midlands Airport said the aircraft had been removed from the runway and all flights had resumed.
He said: "All inbound flights have been diverted and outbound flights have been suspended, but we are expecting to be operational within two hours." Edward Coxon, from Hartshorne in Derbyshire, who was plane-spotting at the airport at about 15:30 GMT, said: "I was just looking at the planes coming in when all of a sudden there were loads of blue lights coming in from the other end of the runway.
Edward Coxon from Hartshorne, Derbyshire, who was plane spotting at the airport when the landing happened at about 15:30 GMT, said: "I was just looking at the planes coming in when all of a sudden there were loads of blue lights coming in from the other end of the runway.
"That's when I saw the plane in the middle of the runway. I could hear on the radio that there was only one person on board and he was fine.""That's when I saw the plane in the middle of the runway. I could hear on the radio that there was only one person on board and he was fine."
The World War II Spitfire belonged to Rolls Royce who are based at the airport site in Castle Donington.
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