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Passengers say they were stuck in a 'boiling' hot plane for over 2 hours after their flight didn't have room to land and got diverted 300 miles away
29.08.2023 - 08:07 / insider.com / Airlines
Passengers on a flight from the UK to an island in Greece said they were left in a "boiling" hot plane on the ground in Athens for hours with "babies crying" after there wasn't room for their flight to land and it was diverted more than 300 miles away, the Manchester Evening News reported.
The Jet2 flight from Manchester to Corfu took off Friday about one hour later than planned. When it was approaching Corfu, the pilot said they had been informed that there was no room for them to land at the airport, passenger Michael Webster told Manchester Evening News.
"We were circling with three other planes," Webster said, adding that the pilot explained they were running low on fuel and would have to divert to Athens, roughly 300 miles away from their intended destination.
When they landed in the Greek capital, Webster said they remained "locked in a boiling plane" for over two hours as temperatures outside reached around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, adding, "Never mind in the plane!"
"Jet2 keep apologizing, but it's awful. Babies crying, lots of hot unhappy toddlers, and now some adults getting angry too," he told Manchester Evening News.
The plane finally arrived in Corfu around eight hours behind schedule.
Jet2 did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Extreme heat in the US and Europe has contributed to travel chaos this summer.
In July, American Airlines passengers said they were held on a hot plane for six hours without any food or drinks. Passengers who got stuck on a sweltering hot United Airlines plane for seven hours also in July told Insider's Sophia Ankel and George Glover it was like being "tortured."
The extreme heat has also impacted cruise ships, with Carnival passengers telling Insider's Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert that their cruise was so hot due to broken air conditioning that they had to sleep outside.
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