Thomas Cook flight in emergency landing after ‘creaking like mad’
A Thomas Cook flight which was ‘creaking like mad’ was forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport due to technical fault.
The plane, which was en route to Dalaman, Turkey, had to circle over the Peak District National Park to burn off fuel before returning to Manchester.
A Thomas Cook spokesman said the plane, carrying 278 passengers, turned around as a precaution because it suffered an unexpected hydraulic fault on one of three systems on board.
Matthew Brierley tweeted: ‘Slightly worried when fire brigade is waiting on runway for your plane to arrive!’
Flight data reveal that the plane, which reportedly had a hydraulic problem, turned around in the skies near Northampton and circled over Peak District National Park, southeast of Manchester.
Thomas Cook added: "We can confirm that flight TCX2534 from Manchester to Dalaman landed normally after a priority landing was requested by the captain.
"We’d like to apologise to our customers for the delay to their flight today. Returning the aircraft to Manchester allowed our engineers to inspect the aircraft quickly and we’ve now been able to ensure our customers can start their holiday as soon as possible on a replacement aircraft."
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