Lufthansa emergency slide accidentally deployed at Manchester Airport

A Lufthansa flight crew were the talk of the tarmac at Manchester Airport after an emergency slide was accidentally deployed.

The Airbus A380 had flown in from Houston for a crew change before its onward journey to Frankfurt.

No passengers or cabin crew were on board when it touched down at the hub on Tuesday morning and it’s not yet known how the inflatable evacuation slide - usually only activated in an emergency landing - was released.

But it could have been a costly mistake, with the flight delayed by four hours as a result while the slide was removed.