Manston airport officials say 4-metre hole on runway is man-made and not caused by water damage

Officials are investigating a possible sinkhole after a 4-metre cavity appeared on a runway at an airport in Kent being used as a makeshift lorry park.

Reports emerged on New Year’s Eve suggesting that the hole may have been caused by water erosion, but a director of the company that owns Manston airport, in Thanet, said he believed the hole is man-made.

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