Tuesday’s easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt had made excellent progress in the first hour. But while it was approaching Augsburg in southern Germany, the pilots of the Airbus A320 declared they were diverting to Munich because of a “passenger welfare issue”. I do not know the details, but I hope the traveller in question is now in good shape.
The plane remained on the ground for 90 minutes – which by the standards of such incidents is speedy. By the time it reached the Egyptian airport, the sun had long set; passengers were two hours behind schedule. The inbound flight was commensurately delayed, and there will be some tired passengers – and airline crew – who were deprived of some well-deserved sleep after the early hours arrival in the UK.
