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Screaming passengers 'prayed' during terrifying Storm Eunice landing at Manchester Airport - before being diverted to Scotland

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Terrified passengers ‘screamed and prayed’ when a plane had to abort a landing at Manchester Airport during Storm Eunice. The skilled pilot tried twice to land the flight from Morocco during high winds and torrential rain but had to ascend and divert the plane to Glasgow.

One passenger, from Bolton, has praised the pilot’s skill - but criticised airline TUI after shell-shocked passengers were left waiting outside in the snow for replacement coaches back to Manchester. READ MORE: He says: “I just don’t understand why they were willing to take the risk and fly when there was a red weather warning. “We were all shaken up.

Lots of people said they would be avoiding flying from now on. “There were kids crying and that was so sad to see. They will be traumatised. “Personally, I was petrified.” Manchester Airport reported dozens of cancelled flights - 46 in total both outbound and inbound on Friday - but said the bulk were 'preemptive'.

The passenger on the flight from Morocco - who asked not to be named - says several fellow travellers vomited in the aisles when they were thrown “up, down and side to side” during ‘horrendous’ turbulence on Friday afternoon (February 18). “We were supposed to leave at 12:05pm but left almost an hour late without any announcements,” he says. “When we got on the plane, people were sceptical as there was clearly a rare red warning in place for the weather.

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