A couple's plans to jet off before the school holidays began had their dreams scuppered after two cancelled flights meant they lost almost a third of their holiday.
Wendy and Mark Wilson, from Thorngumbald in East Yorkshire, were looking forward to a much-needed week-long break in Corfu. They had their bags packed for a flight from Leeds Bradford Airport to the Greek island at 3.05pm on Friday, July 14.
They boarded the plane at 2.40pm, only to be asked to disembark an hour later, because of a technical fault. However, as Hull Live reports, this was only the beginning of the pair's nightmare. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. They were due to go to Manchester that evening to catch a flight, but were later told that too had been cancelled.
Eventually they were put up in a Leeds hotel at 10pm. Many on the flight had a cruise to meet but it had left port so they just had to go home.
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