Passengers travelling from France to England have spoken up about the unnerving experience of being evacuated from a Eurotunnel train underneath the English Channel and being left stranded for hours. 9News
have spoken up about the unnerving experience of being evacuated from a Eurotunnel train underneath the English Channel and being left stranded for hours.
The breakdown affected the 3.50pm service carrying hundreds of people and several dogs from Calais, France, to Folkestone, England, the PA Media news agency reported."We got on the 3.50pm crossing, approximately 10 minutes in the lights went out and the train stopped," he said.He said it took about an hour and a half for workers to investigate without finding any problems.
Further issues with the replacement train meant passengers finally arrived in the UK six hours after boarding, he added. "It was hot, there was no air con, they gave out water but we didn't really know what was going on," she said."It was like a disaster movie. You were just walking into the abyss not knowing what was happening. We all had to stay under the sea in this big queue," she said.
"I was panicking at one point and Border Force told us the tunnel had been evacuated one other time in the last 17 years, not recently.""Due to the earlier train fault, we advise you not to travel to the terminal tonight," Eurotunnel said in a separate tweet late on Tuesday .On Wednesday morning, the company said trains were running again.CNN has contacted Eurotunnel for further comment on the incident.
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