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Paige Oldfield & Neil Shaw

Armed police board TUI flight after passengers wait three hours for take-off

Armed police boarded a TUI plane and escorted the passengers off after they had been sitting for three hours waiting for take-off. Kelly Clarke and her nine-year-old son Toby were among those set to fly to Costa Adeje.

After ''chaos' in the terminal with long queues everywhere, the family boarded their flight three hours after its original departure time. They were then held in “boiling hot” conditions on board for another three hours – with one boy even vomiting from stress. Armed police then boarded the aircraft and escort all passengers off the plane, Kelly says.

It took more than an hour to get luggage back, with passengers told they could fly the next day. Kelly, 42, told the MEN: “It was just absolutely ridiculous – (ground crew) loaded half the bags on and disappeared. The pilot said they had abandoned us.

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