BBC News, West Midlands
Thousands of people visiting Birmingham Airport have been affected by a light aircraft delay and cancellation after emergency landing on their runway.
Woodgate Aviation, who owns the aircraft, said that one of its beachcraft fixed-wing aircraft had developed landing gear problems on a trip from Birmingham to Belfast.
Two crew members and a passenger were on the ship, but were not seriously injured when the main undercarge fell on the touch down.
The runway was discontinued for more than six hours until the aircraft was removed at around 19:30 BST, after which the airport said it had reopened.
The first aircraft to depart from the airport after it was reopened was a visitor flight to Romania’s Bucharest, which was scheduled to exit Birmingham at 14:10.
Several flights on Birmingham Airport online departure board also showed that they were open for check-in.
Some passengers told the BBC that their aircraft were canceled “Moments before boarding“Wednesday afternoon.
In a statement, a spokesman for a Birmingham Airport said that passengers should check the flight details with their airlines.
“We understand despair and apologize for this disintegration,” said this.
“Our teams have worked as soon as possible, which should be followed as soon as possible, so that the runway can be reopening after a long time.”
At least 10 flights were canceled due to departure from the airport.
Others were delayed by more than five hours, and diverted at other airports due to more than 20 lands.
The police of West Midlands Police, West Midlands Fire Service and Birmingham Airport were among the agencies at the scene.
The air accident investigation branch said she was investigating the incident.
Fayy, who was traveling with his partner and four children, said he came to know about the incident on Facebook.
They were due to flying to Antalya in Türkiye with Jet 2 at 14:55. While waiting at the airport, the family was given £ 10 per person per person by the airline for food and drinks.
Faye told the BBC that he later received a text message, stating that the entire holiday was canceled, and there would be a full return in four to five days.
He and his family were waiting to collect their belongings with around 400 others, his children “sobbing and crying”, he said.
“We are stuck here waiting for our luggage and it is boiling hot … and now our children don’t have a holiday,” he said.
His families of James Coniber and eight were hoping to fly to Malta on Wednesday afternoon.
He told the BBC that it was a retirement gift for his mother -in -law, and he arrived at the airport at 13:00 pm shortly before the incident.
While the family was sitting in a Vatherspoon, waiting for the update, Mr. Konibare said that he was searching for other passengers somewhere to sit in a crowded pub, many of them were disappointed.
“Many people are getting excited and angry with lack of information from the airport,” he said.
“We have received a food voucher from Ryanier. We are relying on the news outlet for information.”
What do we know about the aircraft?
The aircraft involved in the event was a BeechCraft B200 Super King Air, a small, twin-engine propeller aircraft in production since the 1970s.
The flight was departing from Birmingham and moving towards Belfast.
It left at 13:11, but soon had to make a turn and flew into a holding pattern, returned to Birmingham Airport at 13:58.
The aircraft sent a 7700 squalk code – which is aired to explain air traffic control that has an emergency and the aircraft needs to deal with priority.