UFO Over Liverpool

Ryanair flight abandons landing in Liverpool John Lennon Airport because of a suspected drone.

11:11 11 September 2015

A plane heading into Liverpool was forced to abandon its landing after a UFO was spotted by airport skywatchers over the River Mersey.

 

Ryanair flight 448 from Dublin was two miles from Liverpool John Lennon Airport when routine checks identified something in the sky. The pilot of the Boeing 737 was instructed to perform a go-around. It landed safely at 10.47pm after circling back over Wirral.

 

Meanwhile, passengers said the captain told them the abandoned landing because of a suspected drone.

 

A spokesman for Liverpool John Lennon Airport confirmed that nothing was found following further checks.

 

Airport spokesman Robin Tudor said: “At the top of the control tower we do visual checks, looking around the airfield, and even at night time the guys are still there.

 

“They thought they saw something about a mile out from the airfield, on the mid to far side of the Mersey.

 

“There was an aircraft on approach which was further away, but standard procedure is to check it out if we’re not sure what it is.

 

“They sent somebody down there but they couldn’t see anything.

 

“It can be things like a flock of birds, but we always play safe in these situations and will investigate.”