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Nicole Wootton-Cane & Lana Adkin

Plane passengers 'heard engine kick and felt big drop' during journey

Passengers onboard a flight to Manchester have spoken out on the ‘dramatic’ moments they were forced to divert to Birmingham after the plane was 'tilting' in strong winds.

People on the Jet2 flight LS892 from Lanzarote to Manchester on April 11 have shared how the last 30 minutes of the flight was ‘scary’ as the pilot did a 'go-around' in heavy winds before diverting to Birmingham. A 'go-around' is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach or has already touched down.

41-year-old Jennifer Pardoe, was travelling back to Manchester Airport with her partner and three-year-old daughter after a ten-day holiday in Lanzarote. Speaking to Manchester Evening News, she described the flight 'like a rollercoaster'.

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