In the last few moments, a TUI UK Boeing 787 bound for Montego Bay has made an emergency return and landing back into Manchester Airport.
Information is limited surrounding this flight, but below is what we know on this so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
TUI Flight BY138 Manchester-Montego Bay…
TUI flight BY138, which made the emergency landing, is a routine scheduled flight between Manchester and Montego Bay.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was G-TUIJ.
As per data from Planespotters.net, G-TUIJ is a 8.8 year old Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline back in October 2017.
Of the 787 variant, the UK subsidiary to the holiday company has 13 of them in their fleet, consisting of:
- 8 of the -8 variant.
- 5 of the -9 variant.
TUI flight BY138, which made the emergency landing, departed Manchester at 0938 local time this morning (March 26th), bound for Montego Bay.
Not long after departure, the aircraft made a u-turn and proceeded to hold to burn fuel and run checklists.
After around 90 minutes in the air, the aircraft made an emergency landing on Runway 23L.
Runway 23L was used in order to ensure that operations at Manchester Airport weren’t disrupted.
Furthermore, it also enables emergency crews to assist the aircraft more easily as well.
Why Did The Boeing 787 Make The Emergency Landing?
As per the livestream on Airliners Live, it is understood the reason for the emergency landing on the TUI 787 operating BY138 Manchester-Montego Bay was due to a deflated tyre indication.
More specifically, it was the #5 tyre that has been affected.
This was relayed to ATC via the crew due to a sensor warning that alerted them in the cockpit.
At the time of publication, the aircraft is still on Runway 23L.
Moreover, the priority will be to get the aircraft off 23L either via a tug or by it’s own steam.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story pending additional updates.
