Leeds Bradford Airport flights diverted to Teesside

On Friday, a passenger plane skidded off a runway while landing in windy conditions, leaving Leeds Bradford Airport closed and hundreds of travellers with dashed plans.

The Tui flight was arriving from Corfu during Storm Babet when it came off the runway on Friday afternoon.

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Pictures showed emergency services arriving at the scene, with the plane at the side of the runway.

There were no reported injuries.

The airport was closed after the incident, with scheduled arrivals diverted to other airports including Teesside, with passengers flying out on Saturday (October 21).

And it seems that the North East airport liked having extra passengers through its terminals if its online statement is anything to go by. 

Pictures: TEESSIDE AIRPORT.

Taking to its social media page, Teesside International Airport said: "Today we welcomed extra Ryanair flights to help get people away or back home safely.

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"It was great to see our terminal looking busier again and we FINALLY had a direct flight to Malaga - all we need now is Ryanair to make it permanent.

"We’d like to thank all of our staff, many of whom came in on their day off to go the extra mile and handle the extra flights."

As well as the Malaga flight, Teesside also had Girona–Costa Brava Airport, with the usual KLM Amsterdam, TUI Palma and Ryanair Portugal and Alicante flights going too.