A TUI flight en route from Cardiff Airport to Cyprus declared an emergency and was forced to divert to Birmingham after suffering engine failure during take-off
Passengers on board a TUI flight from the UK to Cyprus were diverted after an emergency was declared on board due to engine failure.
The Boeing 737, flight number TOM 6754 , was bound for Paphos, in Cyprus, when the incident occurred at 4.30pm on Sunday as the plane took off from Cardiff and the plane had to be diverted to Birmingham. Operations had to be suspended at Birmingham Airport while emergency services met the aircraft upon its arrival.
Flight maps show that the plane circled Swansea Bay at approximately 3,000ft before climbing up to 12,000ft and heading towards the West Midlands to land.
Passengers and crew were safely disembarked after the aircraft burned fuel circling before landing at 5.30pm.
The plane was met on the runway by four fire appliances and other emergency vehicles, causing some delays at Birmingham before it was able to taxi to a stand.
A Tui spokesperson reportedly said: “To confirm, there was no engine failure. There was a bird strike after take-off and the diversion that followed was a precautionary routine procedure.”
And a spokesperson for Cardiff Airport said: “We are aware of an incident involving flight TOM6754 from Cardiff to Paphos. The safety of our passengers is our number one priority. The aircraft diverted to Birmingham Airport (BHX) and landed safely at approximately 17:30.”
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