Passengers endured an 11-hour flight to nowhere and then faced chaotic scenes at the airport after a nightmare start to their holiday. Holidaymakers had left Bristol Airport for an early morning flight on Monday to Madeira but ended up spending the night in a Gatwick hotel.
The easyJet plane flew around the Portuguese island twice and then diverted to a different island. They then went back to the Portugal mainland before returning to Bristol without leaving the plane at all, Bristol Live reports.
The nightmare continued after the 11-hour flight as they then had to wait three hours before being taken by bus to Gatwick and put up in a hotel overnight. They then were told to check in at 5am for a second attempt at their holiday on Tuesday.
