Family lose out on £1.5k holiday after being escorted off cancelled TUI flight by armed cops
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum has lost out on on a £1.5k holiday to Tenerife following a two-day TUI delay nightmare. Kelly Clarke and her young son Toby, nine, were set to jet off to Costa Adeje at approximately 5.50pm on May 30.
Despite arriving early at Manchester Airport, the pair were met with "carnage" inside the terminal, with lengthy queues for restaurants and nowhere to sit down, Manchester Evening News reports.The family eventually boarded their flight three hours after its original departure time.They were then held in "boiling hot" conditions onboard for another three hours - with one little boy even throwing up from stress, Kelly claims.
Eventually, armed police were forced to board the aircraft and escort all passengers off the plane, she says. The pair were met with yet more delays as they waited in the baggage claim area for over an hour.
Passengers were eventually told their flight had been cancelled and that there would be another available the following day.
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