A plane carrying 25 people came off the runway after landing, forcing the suspension of flights in and out of Bristol Airport.
The Embraer 145 aircraft, from Frankfurt, left the runway as it taxied to the terminal just after 11:30 GMT.
“No-one was hurt and passengers were disembarked and returned to the terminal by coach,” a spokesman said.
Chaos and confusion at Bristol Airport after a plane came off the runway. All flights are currently grounded pic.twitter.com/1jAwtFs98u — Max (@MaxWalsh21) December 22, 2017
Chaos and confusion at Bristol Airport after a plane came off the runway. All flights are currently grounded pic.twitter.com/1jAwtFs98u
— Max (@MaxWalsh21) December 22, 2017
It is understood 21 arriving flights and 19 departures have been cancelled or diverted to other airports.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed it was sending a team to Bristol Airport.
Passengers on EasyJet flights to Inverness, Prague, Belfast and Geneva were told to collect their bags and make alternative flight arrangements “from home”.
bmi can confirm that today at approximately 11.36am, flight BM1822 from Frankfurt to Bristol had an incident at Bristol Airport. All 22 passengers and three crew aboard the Embraer 145 jet disembarked safely with no reported injuries. Emergency services attended as a precaution. — bmi regional (@bmiregional) December 22, 2017
bmi can confirm that today at approximately 11.36am, flight BM1822 from Frankfurt to Bristol had an incident at Bristol Airport. All 22 passengers and three crew aboard the Embraer 145 jet disembarked safely with no reported injuries. Emergency services attended as a precaution.
— bmi regional (@bmiregional) December 22, 2017
Other airlines affected include Ryanair, Aurigny, Aer Lingus, KLM, BMI Regional, Flybe, and Thomas Cook/TUI.
Airline operator BMI tweeted that its flight BM1822 from Frankfurt was the plane affected.
“All 22 passengers and three crew aboard the Embraer 145 jet disembarked safely with no reported injuries. Emergency services attended as a precaution,” the airline spokesman said.
Dave Joyce, who was due to fly to Javea in Spain with his family, said his plane was diverted away from the airport.
The 53-year-old finance worker said: “Nothing’s moving at the minute and we haven’t had any information at all.
“People keep coming but nobody’s leaving, so it’s all getting pretty crowded just now.
“We’ve got seats in a restaurant, so we’re OK, but my wife’s mother is in a wheelchair.
“A great start to the Christmas break… Javea seems a long way away now.”
Bristol Airport said more than 190,000 passengers were due to use the airport between 22 December and 1 January – a 5% increase on the same period last year.
