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Abigail Nicholson & Liam Buckler

'Traumatic' TUI flight hurled passengers from seats in turbulence as engine went 'bang'

A couple have described their 'traumatic" TUI flight that saw passengers thrown from their seats after two "enormous bangs" were heard coming from the engines.

Care workers Tina and Leslie Driver were 10 minutes into their delayed flight from Manchester Airport to Cape Verde on Monday (June 27) when they heard the loud sound from the engines.

The pilot of TUI BY216 told passengers there was a technical issue with the plane before announcing he had sent an emergency 7700 code to the ground to alert them he would need to make an emergency landing, the Liverpool Echo reports.

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