Flight Disruption

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Findel airport
Failed biplane landing closes Findel runway, disrupting 66 flights and 5,200 passengers
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane made a failed landing at Luxembourg-Findel on 21 June 2026, closing the single-runway airport for hours and disrupting 66 flights and about 5,200 passengers. No one was injured.
By Tom Schmit24 June 2026
Society
Findel Airport
Vintage Antonov biplane's crash-landing shuts Findel runway, disrupting dozens of flights
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane came down hard and ground-looped while landing at Luxembourg's only international airport on Sunday 21 June, damaging the runway and forcing it to close. All 12 people aboard escaped unhurt, but the shutdown of Findel's single runway diverted, delayed or cancelled dozens of flights before crews reopened it the same evening.
By Tom Schmit23 June 2026