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British Airways flight from hell: Panic and fighting as plane makes TWO emergency landings9 Aug 2013 21:00
Travellers said tempers erupted after the second unscheduled touchdown and paramedics were called to treat injuries.
Horrified passengers have revealed there was panic and brawling during a nightmare BA flight that was forced to make two emergency landings.
Travellers said tempers erupted after the second unscheduled touchdown and paramedics were called to treat injuries.
Passengers were furious that the Britain-bound jet had to turn back to the airport in Saudi Arabia twice for the same fault.
Sean Casey, one of the 300 people on board the Boeing 747, said: “I feel BA put 300 lives at risk by putting us on the same plane 24 hours after trying to fix a fault.”
The first time around, Flight 262 took off from Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday following a five-hour delay.
After 40 minutes in the air, it had to turn back because of a wing flap problem.
Passenger Dean Jones said: “We came back to Riyadh very fast and low over the city.
"There was screaming and crying. We hit the runway with a massive bang.”
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What are they complaining about? It could have been a lot worse, they could have been put onto a Screamliner instead, and jammed flaps would have been the least of their worries.
They were probably more pissed at being back in Riyadh than anything else..
Boeing has been in the news a lot recently. Even if this turns out to be an airline maintenance issue it looks bad.
A load of dullards in a call center were never going to be anything else.
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They don’t sell WD-40 in Saudi Arabia?
You know how ornery those Saudi businessmen can be, when they are waiting to leave Saudi airspace so they can start drinking.
Sounds like they could have gotten to a civilized country like Israel, where there would have been a chance of getting it fixed, rather than returning to a stone age society.
What are they complaining about? Third takeoffs a charm.
What are they complaining about? Third takeoffs a charm.
If I had to fly back to Saudi Arabia I’d be pissed too!
I was on BA once and the oxygen masks dropped. We were only at 5000 feet and coming in for a landing, so I was more confused than anything.
