More than 100 people were left without food and water after being told to disembark from the plane while it was still on the tarmac.
The passengers were left without instruction for hours Passengers on a flight from Birmingham to Geneva were forced off of the plane and left for hours after a pilot detected a ‘funny smell’. More than 100 people were left without food and water after being told to disembark from the plane while it was still on the tarmac on February 7. The pilot had smelled something ‘chemical’, resulting in the flight being delayed and specialists brought in to investigate.
I was only staying until Sunday so a whole day of our holiday has gone. ‘Sitting on the plane they were very quick at telling you what’s going on and how we were not going anywhere, and at quarter past ten we were still stuck at the check-in desks at departures. ‘We’ve been sitting here like mugs. I wanted to just book a hotel, which I could have done hours ago, but they may never pay you back.