Jet passengers asked to vote on whether plane should take off

Tuesday, 12 Aug, 2003 0

Holidaymakers aboard a faulty jet were asked to vote by a show of hands on whether they wanted to fly home.

The bizarre passenger poll allegedly happened on the Spanish island of Menorca after a Boeing 757-200 twice failed to take off.

The plane’s on-board computers insisted it was airborne when it was actually still on the ground, and the pilot spent several hours resetting a sensor in the nosewheel to fix the problem, according to a report in The Times. Covered in oil, he then asked the 200 passengers to vote on whether they felt they wanted to fly home in a plane he had personally repaired.

Thirteen of the holidaymakers decided not to risk it and did not board the MyTravel jet, bound for Leeds-Bradford airport.

Passengers who came back on alternative flights are now reported by the paper to be considering seeking compensation.

MyTravel blamed the problem on a faulty indicator light.



 



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