Leeds Bradford Airport: Multiple flights diverted amid high winds at highest airport
Multiple flights were diverted from landing at Leeds Bradford Airport on Sunday night.
Jet2 flights inbound from Tenerife and Fuerteventura were diverted to Manchester airport at around 7pm, while Aer Lingus flights due in from Dublin and Belfast were diverted to Liverpool John Lennon airport a short time later.
The diversions are believed to be due to high winds on Sunday evening.
Leeds Bradford Airport is England’s highest airport at an elevation of 681ft.
Weather warnings for heavy rain and strong winds are due to come into force across Wales and south-west England later on Monday.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for high winds from Dorset to Cornwall and up to north Wales, in place from 10pm on Monday until 4pm on Tuesday.
It said transport networks could face disruption, with delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges, and coastal roads and seafronts affected by spray and large waves.
Power outages are also possible.
A yellow warning for rain has been issued for a slightly larger area, spreading east as far as Hampshire and Oxfordshire from 6pm on Monday until 6pm on Tuesday, with the potential for flooding of homes and businesses and warnings that some communities could be cut off.
Another rain warning is in place for north-west England from midnight on Tuesday until 3pm, while a wind warning has been issued for north-west Scotland from 3pm on Tuesday until 10am on Wednesday.