Tui airplane from Italy to London Gatwick makes shock cease in Africa
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assengers had been left stunned after a flight from Italy to London Gatwick was diverted to Northern Africa.
The industrial flight had been attributable to depart from Lamezia Terme airport in southern Italy round 11am on Saturday.
After the flight took off, passengers had been warned that it might be making an unscheduled diversion southwest to Tunisia.
The Boeing 737 made the short-term cease in an effort to ship an element for one more plane at Enfidha airport on the Tunisian east coast.
Passengers had been compelled to attend for an hour in order that the half may very well be dropped off and the airplane refuelled earlier than a three-hour flight to Gatwick.
The airplane arrived on the Sussex airport nearly 4 hours late as a result of 400-mile detour.
A spokesperson for Tui mentioned: “We can confirm that flight BY4651 made a short stop at Enfidha-Hammamet Airport in order to drop off equipment required at the airport for another aircraft.
“The equipment was for the TOM529 aircraft, which suffered a technical issue prior to its departure, and needed engineering support.”
The spokesperson added: “We’d like to apologise again for any inconvenience caused and thank customers for their patience and understanding.
“All customers were given a complimentary drink on board as a gesture of goodwill and all will be entitled to claim EU261 flight delay compensation.”