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Birmingham Airport's runway has been closed and flights are being diverted due to an "aircraft incident". Loading audio...

The airport said in a statement: "Following an aircraft incident, the runway is temporarily closed,"

"We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause."

Pictures from the tarmac show a light aircraft which appears to have no landing gear deployed surrounded by emergency vehicles.

All departures and arrivals have been stopped until 6pm after the twin-engined Beech King Air, which had been heading to Belfast, declared an in-flight emergency and diverted to Birmingham.

It is the same type of plane that crashed at Southend airport in July, killing all four people aboard.

BHX Update - Runway Temporarily Closed pic.twitter.com/7sdsa6r03i — Birmingha

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