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Birmingham Airport: Jet2 plane appears to veer onto grass before returning to runway

Dramatic footage captures a passenger aircraft moving towards the runway edge after touchdown before returning to the paved surface.

Passenger aircraft during its landing at Birmingham Airport in footage credited to Airport Action
Video still: Airport Action, via Breaking Aviation News & Videos on X.

A Jet2 passenger aircraft appeared to veer onto the grass beside the runway at Birmingham Airport before returning to the paved surface during a dramatic landing on Sunday, 25 October.

The footage shows the aircraft moving towards the left-hand edge of the runway after touchdown. Dust or debris appears to rise near its landing gear before the jet moves back towards the centre of the runway.

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Video: Airport Action, via Breaking Aviation News & Videos on X.

Breaking Aviation News & Videos shared the clip on X on Sunday afternoon, crediting aviation filming channel Airport Action. The post attracted hundreds of thousands of views.

UKNIP reported that passengers experienced a temporary hold on flights following the landing, with witnesses subsequently reporting that operations had resumed. The duration and extent of any disruption have not been officially verified.

The cause of the apparent runway excursion remains unconfirmed. At the time of writing, JAM Radio had not independently verified the flight number, route, number of people aboard or whether any damage was sustained.

Any injuries have not been independently confirmed.

The footage shows the aircraft returning towards the centre of the runway, but does not establish what happened inside the cockpit or what caused the initial deviation.

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