Scots EasyJet passengers sleep on airport floor in Bulgaria after ‘eggy smell' forces flight to make emergency landing
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SCOTS passengers were forced to sleep on an airport floor after an 'eggy smell' forced the emergency landing of their plane.
The flight from Dalaman in Turkey to Edinburgh took off on Tuesday night and was expected in Scotland at 12.45am on Wednesday.
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The Easyjet flight was forced to land due to an 'eggy smell'
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The holimakers were in Dalaman, Turkey
But two hours into the journey, the plane made a U-turn over Serbia and landed in Sofia, Bulgaria due to the foul stench.
The crew had already flown their hours for the day so another aircraft had to be sent from London Gatwick to pick up the weary Scots families returning from their sunshine breaks.
Some chose to sleep on the sirport floor after hotels took hours to secure - and families were told they would have to pay for the transit costs themselves.
At around 5.30am, Scott Duncan and his wife, Emily Powell, were told accommodation had been found for them; however, they'd have to pay for transport to the premises.
They told STV News: 'Check out times were between 10am to 11am, along with paying for transport there and back, and needing to be at the airport for 3pm to pass security for a 5pm flight, we decided it was better to stay in the airport overnight.
'After sleeping on the floor for an hour after being refused seating from the Costa staff, eventually they opened the seating at 7am and allowed us chairs to sleep on.
'We have had nowhere to store our luggage and still no word on food or water, as well as airport staff reporting that there has been no word from an EasyJet representative.
'We have barely slept, are extremely dehydrated and provided very weak air conditioning in over 30-degree weather.'
Scott's wife, Emily, added: 'We can clearly understand that it is not the cabin crew or the pilot's fault as they were making sure that we were safe, and this is completely on EasyJet.'
Vicky Walker, who noticed a 'foul smell' prior to landing, said passengers were assured that accommodation, water and food would all be handled by the UK airline.
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But the 37-year-old from Forfar, Angus, says she spent the night in the Bulgarian airport.
She said: 'We were offered a hotel room, but we had to make our own way there, to then be told we would need to check out of the hotel at 10am.
'My friend and I didn't have the money to pay for it, so we ended up in the airport with others. We haven't been offered any water or food and have had no information given to us at all.
'Just a horrendous experience. Needless to say, I won't be travelling with EasyJet again.
'I'm shattered and it just put a total dampener on my holiday.'
The flight, EZY3282 is expected to land in Edinburgh around 7pm today.
EasyJet has been contacted for comment.
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