{"id":17519,"date":"2022-05-28T13:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=17519"},"modified":"2022-05-28T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T08:30:31","slug":"tui-passengers-sweating-on-plane-for-hours-waiting-for-take-off-that-never-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/28\/tui-passengers-sweating-on-plane-for-hours-waiting-for-take-off-that-never-came\/","title":{"rendered":"TUI passengers \u2018sweating&#8217; on plane for hours waiting for take-off that never came."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TUI passengers \u2018sweating&#8217; on plane for hours waiting for take-off that never came.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tourists were left &#8220;sweating&#8221; for four hours on a TUI plane with no air conditioning, waiting for a take-off that never came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passengers flying from Birmingham Airport to Cape Verde on Saturday lost a full day of their all-inclusive vacation after the flight was delayed by 26 and a half hours due to &#8220;technical and operational issues&#8221; onboard the TOM704.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being held on the plane at BHX for several hours and apparently given only half a glass of water each, families were told to disembark because the flight wouldn&#8217;t be able to leave until the next day, according to spource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TUI apologized to customers and said crew members provided &#8220;all possible support,&#8221; including water. However, when passengers returned to the airport on Sunday after being accommodated in a nearby hotel by TUI, they faced yet another three-hour delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuart Stupar, 48, of Market Harborough, was on a seven-day all-inclusive package holiday with partner Sarah Burton, 41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stated: &#8220;We received a text message shortly before our 2.20pm flight that it had been delayed to 3.30pm, which we didn&#8217;t think was too bad. We boarded shortly after 3 p.m., but we were stuck on the plane for an hour because it kept turning on and off, on and off again.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUI passengers \u2018sweating&#8217; on plane for hours waiting for take-off that never came. 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