Originally Posted by
Capn Bug Smasher
From the BBC: -
"Mr Ivey added that the plane was flying to Staverton, where it is normally based, and the airport closed as a result of the incident."
Seems a little excessive to close the aerodrome for this? The accident occurred off-airfield.
If the incident was close to the airfield then it would be treated as an airfield incident and be SOP to send the airfield fire service to it thus leaving the airport without fire cover.
SO they would close until the incident had been managed and the fire cover restored.