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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

How a two-hour flight became a 23-hour ordeal for Mallorca easyJet passengers after medical diversion

More than 150 easyJet passengers – many of them families with young children – finally arrived at Liverpool John Lennon airport almost a day late after an exhausting ordeal.

Their plane from Palma diverted to Bordeaux because of a medical emergency. The flight crew were unable to continue the journey, resulting in some people sleeping on the airport floor. The airline has apologised.

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