Hundreds of passengers stranded by plane fault
16.03.08
Hundreds of holidaymakers suffered long delays this weekend after a travel company's plane broke down on Friday. More than 700 people on four flights between Las Palmas, in Gran Canaria, Faro in Portugal and Prestwick Airport were affected.
A plane operated by travel firm Seguro developed a problem with its brakes, causing a huge backlog. The company was eventually forced to hire an extra plane to get the passengers moving.
The problems started on Friday afternoon when an Airbus A320 jet, supplied to Seguro by Spanish airline LTE, broke down in Las Palmas. The 180 passengers due to travel on this plane back to Prestwick waited for several hours before their flight was rescheduled very late that night.
However, this initial flight delay meant that holidaymakers in Prestwick waiting for a 12:30 flight were delayed by almost 13 hours. In addition, holidaymakers returning from Faro to Prestwick faced a 7 hour delay and holidaymakers due to fly out to Las Palmas from Prestwick were kept waiting for over 5 hours.
Seguro's managing director Richard Burke said the delays had been caused by a brake problem in the plane supplied by LTE. He apologised to affected passengers.
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg it | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit
To book prestwick airport parking or prestwick airport hotels at the lowest price, click on the links to two great prestwick airport parking and prestwick airport hotels price comparison websites.
