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Ryanairs emergency landing

plainsie
plainsie Posts: 591 Forumite
edited 11 September 2011 at 1:50PM in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Did anyone see this in the news?. Had to land in Skavsta, Sweden yesterday cos one of the motors broke. Think it was flying to Brussels. Luckily no one hurt.
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  • pendulum
    pendulum Posts: 2,302 Forumite
    The passengers will be charged extra for the "sightseeing excursion to Sweden", no doubt.
  • s_b
    s_b Posts: 4,464 Forumite
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    bet they were happy to spend a £1 for the toilet:D
  • plainsie
    plainsie Posts: 591 Forumite
    pendulum wrote: »
    The passengers will be charged extra for the "sightseeing excursion to Sweden", no doubt.
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • plainsie
    plainsie Posts: 591 Forumite
    s_b wrote: »
    bet they were happy to spend a £1 for the toilet:D
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • Debbie_A_3
    Debbie_A_3 Posts: 146 Forumite
    pendulum wrote: »
    The passengers will be charged extra for the "sightseeing excursion to Sweden", no doubt.

    but only if they kept their eyes open. It must always be possible to "opt out" of extra charges ... presumably by keeping ones eyes tightly shut throughout the visit to Sweden.
  • phatbear
    phatbear Posts: 4,061 Forumite
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    Suprised no-ones started a thread asking how they can get compensation for encroaching on their holiday time
    Live each day like its your last because one day you'll be right
  • stoneman
    stoneman Posts: 4,550 Forumite
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    phatbear wrote: »
    Suprised no-ones started a thread asking how they can get compensation for encroaching on their holiday time

    It's early days yet
    The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,389 Forumite
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    pendulum wrote: »
    The passengers will be charged extra for the "sightseeing excursion to Sweden", no doubt.
    As they didn't pre-book it they'll have had to pay double - then pay for a last minute flight from Skavsta to Brussels - and of course as they didn't print their new boarding cards in advance they'll be charged for the reissuing of the boarding cards - plus a credit card fee.
  • Mr_Wang
    Mr_Wang Posts: 1,302 Forumite
    I was on a Jet2 flight last week supposedly going to Manchester from Tel Aviv. We had to land in Leeds because there was traffic at Manchester and the plane didnt have enough fuel to hold. A quick refuel later and we had a 12 minute flight to Manchester.

    Aren't airlines supposed to carry extra fuel???

    In any case, we got there safely. Albeit quite late.
  • bagand96
    bagand96 Posts: 6,649 Forumite
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    Aren't airlines supposed to carry extra fuel???

    Surely that depends on whether you opted to purchase the "extra fuel surcharge?"
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