oh my dad has just informed me that it was not a 28 hour delay but a 40 hour delay? you may all remember it well. I found this on the bbc website to jog some memories.
Passengers’ 40-hour flight delay
Holidaymakers stranded at Gatwick Airport for 40 hours have finally taken off for Turkey.
More than 300 passengers were delayed due to technical problems with their MyTravel plane.
They were due to depart for Bodrum at 1900 BST on Monday but finally left on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the holiday firm said:”We are very, very sorry about what’s happened. We have had technical problems with this plane.”
Holiday ‘cut short’
Passenger George Nguyen-Xuan, 43, who was taking his three children on holiday, said: “The kids are exhausted.
“Our week’s holiday has already gone down to five days, which is upsetting to say the least.”
Before the plane set off, Ed Kessler, 32, who was looking forward to a sailing holiday with his girlfriend, said: “When we get to Turkey, we will have to catch up with the boat somewhere – but I don’t know if we will.”
He added: “This was an expensive holiday.”
“We’ve had enough. We are completely fed up. No one from the company is telling us what’s going on. We can’t get our luggage – they said it was taken up early because of security.”
The travel firm’s spokeswoman said there had been difficulty getting a replacement aircraft at what is the busiest time of year.
“Passengers have been kept up to date as much as possible,” she said.
“They have been put in hotels, given meals and some cash-in-hand.
“They will also be entitled to apply for compensation.”
But i was one of the ones stuck in bodrum.:eek:
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