In the last hour or so, it has been revealed that an Emirates Airbus A380 was held at Manchester Airport amid reports of a bomb threat.
Emirates Airbus A380 Held At Manchester Amid Bomb Threat…
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It is understood that the evening EK19 service from Dubai was affected by this, and was told to hold on the apron because of this.
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Tonight’s service was operated by A6-EUX, as per data from RadarBox.com. As per data from Planespotters.net, A6-EUX is a 6.6 year old airframe that was delivered to Emirates back in July 2017.
The airline has 119 A380s in its fleet, of which 88 are in active service, and 31 are parked, with an average age of 8.9 years.
As per @FlightEmergency on Twitter, the bomb threat on EK19 was quickly resolved. However, this did cause disruption to airport movements as such threats need to be taken seriously, so some flights were either holding or diverted elsewhere.
It is understood that operations have resumed since this incident, but reports have come in that Terminal 1 went into a full lockdown following this bomb threat.
There will no doubt be considerable delays caused to the other flights in the surrounding area as a result of this bomb scare in Manchester involving the Emirates A380.
This incident will be the second in the last few weeks, following a Kenya Airways Boeing 787 having to divert to London Stansted due to a security threat.
This remains a developing story.
UPDATE #1 @ 2202 UK time – At least three flights were diverted due to tonight’s incident involving the Emirates Airbus A380 at Manchester Airport. They are as follows:
Flight #1 was easyJet Europe flight U27265 from Palma de Mallorca. The aircraft diverted to Liverpool as a result of tonight’s proceedings.
Flight #2 was Jet2 flight LS938 from Paphos, where it entered multiple holds to the south of the airport before electing to divert to Leeds.
Finally, Flight #3 was British Airways flight BA1402 from London Heathrow. Again entering holds before electing to divert to Liverpool.
EK20 has been given a departure time of 2300 local time, as per data from @RadarBoxCom.
UPDATE #2 @ 2300 UK time – EK20 has been delayed by another 30 minutes to 2330 UK time.
UPDATE #3 @ 2335 UK time – EK20 has now popped up on radar and is preparing to depart from Manchester following the bomb threat incident earlier tonight.
UPDATE #4 @ 2345 UK time – EK20 is now taxing following the completion of its pushback.
UPDATE #5 @ 2352 UK time – And she’s up! Emirates flight EK20 has departed Manchester back to Dubai over two and a half hours late following tonight’s earlier incident involving a bomb threat, thus concluding our coverage.
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