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| East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse | East Midlands Airport shut by Spitfire undercarriage collapse |
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| East Midlands Airport was closed for two hours after a Spitfire's undercarriage collapsed as the plane 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 was not injured but the runway was closed while debris was cleared away. | The pilot was not injured but the runway was closed while debris was cleared away. |
| Flights to East Midlands Airport were diverted to Birmingham during the closure. | Flights to East Midlands Airport were diverted to Birmingham during the closure. |
| A spokesman for East Midlands Airport said the aircraft had been removed from the runway and all flights had resumed. | A spokesman for East Midlands Airport said the aircraft had been removed from the runway and all flights had resumed. |
| 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 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. |
| "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, which is based at the airport site in Castle Donington. | The World War II Spitfire belonged to Rolls-Royce, which is based at the airport site in Castle Donington. |