Seven flights were diverted and around 17 held after a man got onto the airfield at Manchester Airport overnight. The incident lasted for around 15 minutes before he was taken to hospital from the scene.
Incident details
Just after 11.20pm on Friday, August 21, police were called to the airport after the man 'encroached' onto the airfield. A spokesperson for Manchester Airport said the incident was mental health-related.
During the disruption, seven flights due to land at Manchester Airport were diverted elsewhere, including an easyJet flight from Zurich, which was diverted to Birmingham, and a TUI flight from Naples, which was diverted to East Midlands.
Impact on flights
The airport spokesperson confirmed the incident was resolved, with flights now back to normal. A temporary fix has been put in place following the security breach. Around 17 flights due to land were held, which had a knock-on effect on arrivals, resulting in further delays.
Below is a list of all the diverted flights during the time of the incident, according to FlightRadar24:
- TUI flight BY439 from Boa Vista, diverted to East Midlands Airport
- easyJet flight U22194 from Zurich, diverted to Birmingham
- TUI flight BY2573 from Corfu, diverted to East Midlands airport
- easyJet flight U22002 from Barcelona, diverted to Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- TUI flight BY2553 from Naples, diverted to East Midlands Airport
- Ryanair flight RK1265 from Agadir, diverted to Birmingham
- Jet2 flight LS1024 from Faro, diverted to Leeds Bradford Airport
Flights held or delayed
A spokesperson for Manchester said that around 17 flights were held due to the incident. Below is a list of flights which were delayed around the time of the incident, although delays could have been caused by other factors, such as a late departure time:
- easyJet flight U22130 from Pisa, due at 8.55pm, landed 12.20am
- easyJet flight U22198 from Munich, due at 9.35pm, landed 11.15pm
- Ryanair flight FR1918 from Dublin, due at 9.55pm, landed at 12.10am
- Ryanair flight from Tirana, due at 10pm, landed at 12.17am
- easyJet flight U22196 from Hamburg, due at 10.05pm, landed at 11.08pm
- easyJet flight U29268 from Malaga, due at 10.23pm, landed at 12.47am
- Ryanair flight FR8880 from Warsaw, due at 10.35pm, landed 12.30am
- Ryanair flight FR558 from Dublin, due at 10.35pm, landed at 12.06am
- Ryanair flight FR7543 from Barcelona, due at 10.40pm, landed at 12.23am
- Jet2 flight LS1066 from Palermo, due at 10.55pm, landed at 02.34am
- easyJet flight U22110 from Paris, due at 11pm, landed at 12.13am
- Ryanair flight FR3725 from Paris, due at 11.20pm, landed at 12.09am
- easyJet flight U2204 from Milan, due at 11.30pm, landed at 12.21am
- easyJet flight U22264 from Krakow, due at 11.30pm, landed at 12.30am
- Malta Air flight FR3213 from Girona, due at 11.35pm, landed at 12.27am
- Ryanair flight FR4075 from Alicante, due at 11.40pm, landed at 12.49am
- easyJet flight U22050 from Madrid, due at 12.05am, landed at 12.53am
- easyJet flight U22088 from Kos, due at 12.05am, landed at 2.36am
- Ryanair flight FR4431 from Chania, due at 12.15am, landed at 1.58am
- Ryanair flight FR2142 from Krakow, due at 12.50am, landed at 1.17am
- Ryanair flight FR7261 from Malaga, due at 12.50am, landed at 1.15am
- Ryanair flight LS964 from Chania, due at 12.50am, landed at 2.30am
- Jet2 flight LS1726 from Marrakesh, due at 12.50am, landed at 1.13am
- Ryanair flight FR640 from Valencia, due at 12.55am, landed at 2.10am
