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Damon Wilkinson & Daniel Smith

Family sweating on wedding date after 50-hour delay at airport

A family have been kept waiting for 50 hours waiting for their flight to Turkey - and are keeping their fingers crossed they can get to a wedding on time. Kirsty and Rob Gore and their three kids were due to set off on early Friday morning but have still not taken off from Manchester Airport.

Following a series of delays which saw Kirsty and Rob Gore and their three kid stuck in the airport for 15 hours, included sitting on a grounded plane on the runway for two and half hours, the family were finally told the flight had been cancelled with the next available flight not till Sunday morning, reports MEN.

The family, from Runcorn, spent £6,500 on an eight-night, all-inclusive Tui package holiday in Fethiye for Kirsty's sister's wedding. Now they've been put up in a city centre hotel and face a anxious wait to see if they get to the ceremony on Monday afternoon. Tui has apologised for the cancellation and say they have offered full refunds to all affected passengers

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