The engine of the Monarch plane sits just above the grass while the wheel is sunk into the mud
Fireman signal to colleagues as they secure the aircraft. No passengers were injured
Terrified passengers were evacuated from a plane after it overshot an airport runway and skidded onto grass as it came in to land. Holidaymakers experienced the hair-raising landing when the Monarch flight arrived at Birmingham Airport from Nice. The Boeing 737 carrying more than 100 tourists span off the runway – leaving the nose wheel and main undercarriage buried in mud.
Emergency crews raced to the scene to rescue the stricken passengers and all flights at the airport were suspended yesterday afternoon. It’s the second time the plane has been involved in a major incident in the space of a month after the 25 year-old aircraft broke down in Tenerife in August. An engine fault meant 140 passengers were unable to leave the Spanish island for two days and were instead put up in a hotel while spare parts for the plane were sought.
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