An airline has apologised after a 'technical issue' with one of its planes led to it blocking a taxiway at Manchester Airport for several hours. The knock-on effect meant that a Brussels Airlines flight to Brussels and a TUI flight to Cape Verde both had to be cancelled as they were stuck behind the Cathay Pacific aircraft, that had been due to fly to Hong Kong.
Simon Lowe Aviation streamed the shots of the Cathay Pacific flight on the taxiway to his Youtube channel on Thursday and throughout the afternoon, before the aircraft was moved by the evening. It comes as the airport reportedly saw 'congestion and delays' due to 'ice and freezing temperatures' on Thursday.
Cathay Pacific has now issued an apology and confirmed that the affected plan is being inspected by engineers. No information has been provided about the nature of the suspected malfunction.
