A woman has described how she had an epileptic seizure after last-minute staff strikes left hundreds of passengers stranded at an airport abroad. Helen Goulding was on a weeklong holiday with her husband, 11-year-old son and 13 year-old daughter in Paphos, Cyprus and had been due to fly home on Wednesday November 2.
But when the family, who live in Cardiff, arrived at the airport on Wednesday afternoon, several hours before their five-hour flight that evening, they discovered ground staff had announced a strike which saw more than 20 flights delayed and left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours.
Helen, 43, who booked their trip with TUI, had not had any issues during the holiday itself but said their problems began when their flight was delayed due to the strike. She said staff initially handed out bottles of water to the children but that there was little sign of any information on when the flight would take off.
