Accidents
UK’s Birmingham Airport Closed after B200 Emergency Landing
Crew and passenger escape unharmed after landing on failed main gear

The UK’s Birmingham Airport (EGBB) was closed for more than six hours yesterday after a Beechcraft King Air B200 made an emergency landing. Operated by Northern Ireland-based charter company Woodgate Aviation, the turboprop twin experienced landing gear failure soon after takeoff on a positioning flight to Belfast.

Video footage of the landing shows the King Air’s main gear collapsing as it came to a halt on the runway. Two pilots and a passenger on board were unharmed, and the UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch has begun work to look into the incident.