Coast guard Beech 200 made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport during the night.
A Coast Guard aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport during the night.
After take off from Humberside Airport, the Beech 200 Super King Air entered a hold at 8,000 ft as the pilots had to deal with navigation instruments issues.
After holding for about 40 minutes, the crew decided to divert to Manchester Airport where it landed at 23:15 BST Saturday, September 7 2024.
Humberside Airport is an international airport at Kirmington in the Borough of North Lincolnshire, England.
His Majesty’s Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.
HMCG’s fleet:
- 3 Beechcraft King Air B200 – search and rescue, fisheries patrol, pollution patrol, maritime surveillance
- 3 Beechcraft King Air B350 – surveillance, search and rescue
- 2 Piper PA-31 Navajo – search and rescue, fisheries patrol, maritime surveillance
- 2 Diamond DA62
