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Holiday flight diverts to Manchester Airport for emergency landing after problem over the Atlantic
20.02.2024 - 19:00 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A holiday flight carried out an emergency landing at Manchester Airport today (Tuesday) after developing a technical problem half way to Cape Verde.
The Boeing 737 Max 8, which carries up to 210 passengers, departed from Newcastle Airport at 9.39am but the captain decided to abort the trip as the jet neared Spain, over the Bay of Biscay.
The aircraft returned to the UK and carried out an emergency landing at Manchester Airport. Video captured from the scene showed the airport's fire engines following the jet moments after it touched down.
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Passengers on board flight Tom800 were disembarked once the plane arrived at the terminal and were later boarded onto a replacement aircraft which set off for Sal, Cape Verde at 2.30pm. It is understood the original aircraft developed a problem with its de-icing equipment and is now being examined by engineers.
The airline, TUI, has apologised to passengers and offered a £100 holiday voucher 'in light of this disruption to the start of their holiday'.
A spokesman for Manchester Airport confirmed the emergency landing took place due to a 'technical issue'. He said: "The fire engines look dramatic but they’re just standard procedure when a plane returns due to a technical issue as a precaution."
A TUI spokesperson said: "We’d like to apologise to customers on TOM800 from Newcastle to Sal, Cape Verde who were required to divert to Manchester to change planes due to a minor technical issue. Our goal is to ensure our customers have the best possible flight experience, so this is not way we wanted their holiday to start.
"We have offered them a gesture of goodwill in light of this disruption to the start of their holiday and
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