23 hours on the plane instead of 11. Return from holidays became a torment
Passengers of the flight from the Kajmans to Great Britain were unlucky. Their plane was redirected twice, and they spent almost a day on the plane.
The plane returned due to a fault or flight redirected to another airport because of the fog – many passengers know that even a few hours of delay can mix up in plans, but it can be necessary for safety. Recently, passengers of the Kajmanów to Great Britain were extremely unlucky.
23 hours on the plane
CNN reports that the plane British Airways had to be redirected to London.
Passengers on board BA252 returned from George Town in Wielki Kajman, an island located in the Caribbean Sea. The machine started punctually at 18:21 Eastern American time on Tuesday, April 8. Then the plane had to stop in Nassau, the Bahams capital to take more passengers.
And here the problems began.
According to data from the Flightradar24 flight tracking website, just five hours later, Boeing 777 performed an unplanned stop in Gander, in the Canadian province of Nowa Foundland and Labrador. Probably one of the passengers had health problems, although we do not know the details.
Staff replacement stop
It would seem that from there the machine will be able to continue the flight to Great Britain, but it was still necessary stop in Reykjavik. The crew was replaced there, because the staff was close to the working time limit. It was only after 2.5 hours that passengers happily landed at Heathrow Airport, at 10:38 local time. Currently, only part of the route of this sky escapade can be traced on Flightradar24.com.
CNN reminds that the Canadian city of Gander is best known for the fact that 38 aircraft landed there emergency September 11, 2001. After terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in the United States. The story was commemorated in the hit Broadway musical “Come from Away”, which was inspired by the stories of some of the 7,000 passengers and locals who accepted them.
Kajmany is a dependent territory of Great Britain. They include three islands (great Kajman, Cayman Brac and Little Kajman). Tourists attract to them, among others Diving possibilities.
