One person suffered minor injuries from the incident, which occurred at around 1.40pm this afternoon, West Midlands Police said.

Footage and images shared online appeared to show a small white plane lying flat on the airport tarmac.

The aircraft has been identified as a Beech B200 Super King Air belonging to Woodgate Aviation, a charter firm based at Belfast International.

Birmingham Airport runway closed after small plane makes emergency landing

Birmingham Airport posted this afternoon: "Following an aircraft incident, the runway is temporarily closed.

"We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause.

“We will keep passengers already at the airport informed and those due to travel later today, are advised to check the status of their flight before coming to the airport.

“We will

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