Update 7.27pm: A police spokesperson said, “The small plane has since landed safely with no reported injuries. Traffic flow surrounding L. F. Wade International Airport has now returned to normal. The Bermuda Police Service appreciates the patience and cooperation of the motorists delayed due to this situation.”
[Updating] Police officers are restricting traffic in the area by the airport this evening [Feb 7] due to a plane making an emergency landing.
A police spokesperson said, “Emergency landing procedures have been initiated surrounding L. F. Wade International Airport due to a small plane attempting to land with reported landing gear issues.
“As a result, police officers will hold traffic heading east into St. George’s at Grotto Bay and traffic traveling west out of St. George’s will be held at the Swing Bridge round-a-bout until further notice.”
Update 7.05pm: What we believe to be the plane in question landed without incident, with the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service on scene as a precautionary measure.
It is a Cessna Citation Sovereign airplane traveling from Miami and is pictured below. We have not been able to confirm this yet with officials, and are awaiting confirmation now.
Story: http://bernews.com
Photo Courtesy/Credit: Don Burgess
Roads cleared for plane's emergency landing
Traffic was backed up as far as Crawl heading into St Georges as a precautionary measure.
We understand an airplane was due to make an emergency landing and traffic was stopped as a result.
Sources tell us the plane landed without incident. A police spokesman said, "The small plane has since landed safely with no reported injuries.
"Traffic flow surrounding L. F. Wade International Airport has now returned to normal. The Bermuda Police Service appreciates the patience and cooperation of the motorists delayed due to this situation."
Traffic is usually not allowed to drive past the Causeway according to policy in a situation like this.
A police spokesman said, "Emergency landing procedures have been initiated surrounding L. F. Wade International Airport due to a small plane attempting to land with reported landing gear issues.
"As a result, police officers will hold traffic heading east into St. George's at Grotto Bay and traffic traveling west out of St. George's will be held at the Swing Bridge round-a-bout until further notice."
Story: http://www.bermudasun.bm
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