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Birmingham Airport issues statement Wednesday 23 October 2024 14:35 , Alex Ross A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said: “West Midlands Police is currently dealing with an ongoing incident on-site.
Birmingham Airport was forced to suspend all flights after a security incident onboard an Aer Lingus plane.. The Irish airline later confirmed that an undeclared item was discovered but was proven ...
Flights were delayed with at least one cancelled after Birmingham Airport was forced to shut down over a bomb scare
On July 10, 1991, a L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C99, flying as Flight 508 originating in New Orleans, and in transit from Mobile to Birmingham, crashed while attempting to make an ILS approach to Runway 5 (since renumbered to Runway 6) at Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama.
[19] [20] With the introduction of flights to Canada and Mexico, the official name of the airport was changed to Birmingham International Airport on October 20, 1993. [21] Also in 1993, the airport marked the completion of a $50.4m terminal renovation. [22] In the early 1990s Runway 18/36 was extended to 7,100 feet, allowing use by airline jets.
Air India Flight 403 crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay due to heavy weather. Two crew members and 15 passengers died; 94 survived. 17 94 November 26, 1981 Air India Flight 224 from Salisbury, Rhodesia to Bombay was hijacked at Mahe Airport, Seychelles by mercenaries fleeing an abortive coup while on a refueling stop. The B707-300 ...
Police surrounded Birmingham Airport and directed passengers who were evacuated following reports of a suspicious vehicle on Wednesday afternoon (23 October). The seventh-largest airport in the UK ...
Birmingham Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB), formerly Birmingham International Airport, [5] is an international airport located 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km; 10.9 mi) west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull ...