Airport today - as Luke Skywalker jets in to shoot scenes of the new Star Wars movie.
Actor Mark Hamill, who plays the famous Jedi Knight, was pictured leaving the airport via a side entrance on Friday morning. The arrival came after images of a set, believed to be the Millennium Falcon, were pictured in the Malin Head area of Donegal. Hamill arrived with other Star Wars actors including Adam Driver who played Kylo Ren and Daisy Ridley who played Ren in The Force Awakens film.That installment of the world’s most famous sci-fi saga ended with Skywalker arriving on a windswept world which was filmed at Skellig Michael off the Co Kerry coast.
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A plane bound for Greece, which returned to Belfast International Airport following concerns it had been struck by lightning, has resumed its journey. The flight, operated by Thomson Holidays, landed at the airport at about 15:30 BST on Saturday. Passengers were taken off the plane while detailed checks were carried out. The passengers were allowed to re-board less than two hours later and the plane took off at 17:15 BST. A spokesperson for Belfast International Airport said the plane had returned as a precaution and that checks had revealed it had not been hit by lightning. |
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