Stansted Airport Closed To Arriving Flights.

Flights have been barred from landing at Stansted Airport this morning (Tuesday 10th December), after equipment was damaged by an incoming aircraft.

The Gulfstream G550 jet damaged part of the Essex airport’s instrument landing system (ILS) but landed safely.

Air accident investigators are investigating the “incident”, which happened earlier.

The airport said departing flights had been unaffected but there were likely to be delays and cancellations because of disruption to inbound flights.

An airport spokesman said: “NATS, who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ILS equipment, have engineers on site and are currently working to the resolve the issue and return the airfield to normal operations as quickly as possible.

“As a result, flights will be subject to delay and cancellations so passengers are advised to check their flight status on their airline website.

“We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.”

The ILS is a radio beam transmitter that incoming aircraft can follow in order to land in poor visibility.