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Tui Flight From Cardiff Makes Emergency Landing at UK Airport After Bird Strike
A bird strike shortly after takeoff forced a TUI Boeing 737 to divert to Birmingham Airport where emergency services met the aircraft and operations were briefly suspended.
- On Sunday, September 28, a TUI flight TOM 6754 declared an emergency and diverted to Birmingham, landing safely at approximately 17:30, where airport fire service vehicles met the Boeing 737.
- Pilots circled Swansea Bay at about 3,000ft before climbing to 12,000ft and burned fuel in orbits while declaring an emergency en route to the West Midlands.
- Emergency vehicles, including four fire appliances, responded on the runway as Birmingham Airport temporarily suspended operations for 30 minutes to accept the inbound divert; passengers and crew were safely disembarked.
- TUI and Cardiff Airport spokespeople said the diversion was a precaution, stressing passenger safety and adding `To confirm, there was no engine failure. There was a bird strike after take-off and the diversion that followed was a precautionary routine procedure.`
- The Midlands airport is the UK's seventh busiest with 12.85 million passengers in 2024, and last month Birmingham Airport closed for 41 minutes, causing significant flight disruptions.
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A bird strike forced an emergency landing on Sunday evening: the TUI Boeing 737 landed safely at Birmingham Airport, with its passengers unharmed.
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Birmingham Airport suspended its operations to enable the aircraft to land
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