Passengers have told of the terrifying moment armed police surrounded a plane after it was diverted away from Manchester due to a 'security threat'.
23.09.2022 - 22:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A holidaymaker has described the "frightening" moment they were told their plane had to return to Manchester halfway through the flight after suffering a fault.
Scott Elliot had been travelling to Bodrum in Turkey with his family when they were informed by crew onboard the Jet2 flight that the plane would have to return to Manchester Airport.
The 40-year-old from Oldham said he and others 'could tell something wasn't quite right' when the aircraft took off, but 'thought it would be okay' as the plane carried on.
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But mid-way through the four-hour flight, Scott claims cabin crew announced that the plane would be making it's way back to it's departure airport where it would be greeted by emergency services.
His family and hundreds of other passengers were ejected from the plane and had to wait overnight for a replacement aircraft to be found to take them to Turkey.
Scott says he was left "dissapointed" with the travel firm after claims there was no support from Jet2 reps at the airport, and his 74-year-old mum and sister - who is disabled, were left waiting a long time for special assistance.
Jet2 have since apologised to Mr Elliot and other customers "affected" by the delay, and said the plane had been forced to make its way back to Manchester following a 'minor fault indication.'
Speaking to the M.E.N, Scott said: "It was a bit of a nightmare. The flight was due to take off at 4.30pm on September 9 and was delayed slightly which was fine.
"We boarded the plane and as we took off you could tell something wasn’t quite right. You could hear a strange rumbling but we just thought it would be okay as the pilot knew what he was doing.
"About half way through the
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