Do YOU have a story to tell? Please email tom.cotterill@dailymail.co.uk By TOM COTTERILL, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 11:49 BST, 29 September 2025 | Updated: 11:52 BST, 29 September 2025
A passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after suffering a bird strike shortly after take-off.The Boeing 737 - operated by holiday giant TUI - was due to fly from Cardiff Airport to Cyprus but had to touch down less than an hour after taking off.After climbing to around 3,000ft and circling Swansea Bay the plane then headed towards the West Midland to land at Birmingham Airport.The jet was met by fire crews and emergency vehicles before passengers were able to disembark on Sunday evening.Nobody was injured during the incident. A Tui spokesperson said: '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.'Operations were suspended at Birmingham Airport while emergency services were scrambled. A Birmingham Airport spokesman added: 'Birmingham Airport accepted an inbound TUI divert. In line with normal procedures the airport's Fire Service met the aircraft on arrival. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the apron.' The Boeing 737 flight - operated by holiday giant TUI - was due to fly from Cardiff Airport to Cyprus but had to make an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport A spokesman or Cardiff Airport said: 'We are aware of an incident involving flight TOM6754 from Cardiff to Paphos.'The safety of our passengers is our number one priority. The aircraft diverted to Birmingham Airport and landed safely at approximately 5.30pm.'Last month all flights were put on hold for several hours at Birmingham Airport after an 'incident with a light aircraft' on the runway which left one person injured. It followed an in-flight emergency on a twin-engine Beech B200 Super King Air plane was diverted to the city airport. The plane, which was operated by Belfast-based private charter Woodgate Aviation, was met by emergency crews when it landed. It appeared to have touched down without all its landing gears engaged. Birmingham is the UK's seventh-largest airport in the UK and handled about 13million passengers last year, with over 130 direct routes offered by 30 airlines.
