A family of three was selected by TUI to be removed from a flight after a two day wait as the plane was too small.
Daniel Riley, 43, his wife Diane, 41, and daughter Evie, 11, were meant to be flying to Crete on Sunday morning and followed the airline's advice of dropping their luggage off the night before to help with congestion at the airport. The family travelled from Barnsley in South Yorkshire and were forced to wait three hours in the "chaos" at Manchester Airport before they managed to check their bags at around 8pm on Saturday.
They opted to check in to an on-site hotel, ready for the next day of what was meant to be travelling. The Rileys managed to move quickly through to departures at 4am but were hit with mammoth delays and cancellations which would eventually lead to the family not going on holiday at all, the Mirror reports.
