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Man guilty of attempt to smuggle pipe bomb onto flight
A man is facing years in prison for attempting to smuggle a pipe bomb onto a flight from Manchester Airport.
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Child injured after advertising board fell on him
A four-year-old boy suffered head and ankle injuries when an advertising board fell on him at Manchester airport.
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Flight delayed after woman 'punches pilot in the face'
A flight was delayed after a "disruptive" female passenger allegedly punched a pilot in the face.
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Sniffer dogs fail to detect drugs - but find sausages
Dogs at Manchester airport failing to spot illegal drug stashes but were able to locate holidaymakers' snacks, a new report says.
Read the full story ›Ryanair flight turns back to Manchester after bird strike
A Ryanair flight has been forced to return to Manchester airport after a bird strike
The plane was heading to Palma in Mallorca when the pilot had to abandon the journey shortly after take-off.
This flight from Manchester to Palma returned to Manchester shortly after take-off following a minor bird strike.
The aircraft landed normally and the flight to Palma will operate as soon as possible.
Ryanair apologised to affected customers for any inconvenience caused.
Video of naked man tasered at Manchester Airport
Police have tasered a passenger at Manchester Airport who took off his clothes as he left a plane, urinated against a wall and was abusive.
The 52-year-old challenged the captain of the Easy Jet flight from Malta to a fight.
He was given a fixed penalty notice.
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Naked drunk plane passenger tasered by police
Officers tasered a drunk plane passenger who stripped off his clothes as he left the aircraft, urinated against a wall and was abusive, police said.
Police were called to Manchester Airport on Thursday September 26 at 9.50am following reports a man was drunk and being abusive to passengers on a flight from Malta.
Greater Manchester Polices said: "As he left the plane, he took his clothes off and urinated against a wall.
"A 52-year-old man was stunned using an electronic stun gun and arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place. He was issued a Fixed Penalty Notice."
Dreamliner back at Manchester airport after fault
The Thomson Airways Dreamliner which departed Manchester airport for Florida is back at Manchester after being forced to turn back due to "a technical fault."
Passengers on Manchester flight knew of Heathrow fire
A passenger on a Manchester Dreamliner flight has described to ITV News how they noticed the plane had been turned around on the in-flight displays before the pilot told them they were returning.
The passenger, who preferred not to be identified, told Richard Edgar: "The concern of a lot of passengers was that when the plane had landed we were kept on board the plane for twenty minutes, by this time people had found out that the Dreamliner from Ethiopian Airlines had been on fire."
Reports: Manchester Airport terminal closed in bomb scare
Terminal One of Manchester Airport has been evacuated due to a bomb scare, according to local media sources.