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| Small Planet Airlines Airbus A320-233 SP-HAI taxied onto the grass adjacent to Taxiway Alpha after landing safely from Paderborn at Birmingham Airport on Sunday 21 February 2016.... |
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| .... the passengers were safely disembarked onto coaches and taken to the airport terminal |
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| .... while an operation commenced to recover the aircraft the runway at Birmingham Airport |
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| .... remained open with other flights continuing to arrive and depart normally and without delay |
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| The operation get the aircraft back onto the taxiway took over 2 hours.... |
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| .... before it was finally pulled back on to the taxiway |
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| .... it was then towed up Taxiway Alpha |
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| .... while an operation to clean the taxiway commenced |
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| .... the aircraft was towed across the runway |
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| .... to the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar for further inspection - it had been operating Small Planet flight S5 3260 from Paderborn, Germany - there were no reported injuries |
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| Sunday 21 February 2016 |
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