Three-hour flight to Brit holiday hotspot turns into nightmare 32-HOUR saga as ‘passengers left vomiting & no food'
A THREE-HOUR flight to a Brit holiday hotspot turned into a nightmare 32-hour saga, with passengers left vomiting with no food.
The Condor flight DE1234 was embarking on what was supposed to just be a simple flight from Zurich to Heraklion in Crete, Greece - but lasted over a day.
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A three-hour flight to a Brit holiday hotspot turned into a nightmare
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The Condor flight DE1234 was embarking on what was supposed to just be a simple flight from Zurich to Heraklion in Crete, Greece (stock image)
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Trouble started when the plane's landing was hampered by powerful winds
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Despite taking off half an hour late, the flight seemed to be on course to reach its destination.
And after two hours, the plane began its initial descent to
the holiday
hotspot Greek isle.
But trouble began when the plane's landing was hindered by powerful winds, forcing it to spend hours circling round before the pilot decided to divert to Athens and refuel.
The plane landed at the Greek capital at 11:24am - a whopping three hours after it originally departed Zurich.
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Around two-and-a-half hours later, the crew made another attempt to get the 137 people onboard to Heraklion - but this wasn't achieved, again.
During the flight, many passengers were reportedly vomiting due to the terrifyingly powerful winds.
And to add fuel to the fire, flyers were only given a glass of water during the whole flight.
With
weather
conditions remaining severe, the plane circled around again before getting diverted to Kos to refuel.
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On the nearby Greek island, they landed at 3:28pm after a tiring, hour-and-a-half long flight.
And with the aircraft again running low on fuel, another divert was made to Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece.
Dramatic moment boozed up passenger is hauled off busy plane after VOMITING on another flier
Here it was finally decided that passengers and flight attendants should spend the night.
The plane touched down at 6:04pm - an unbelievable 11 hours after initially leaving Zurich.
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Passengers were reportedly forced to pay for their own hotel rooms but are entitled to reimbursement under European aviation guidelines.
After a nights
sleep
, the
next
day at 9am, one last attempt was made to get to Crete - but wind continued to hinder their journey.
Another diversion was made to Athens where it was agreed to give up and fly back to Zurich - 32 hours after their initial departure.
Condor reps said: 'Due to extreme weather conditions and strong winds, takeoffs and landings at Heraklion Airport were only possible to a limited extent.'
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Another diversion was made to Athens where it was agreed to give up and fly back to Zurich - 32 hours after their initial departure
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