A family who almost missed their flight back home from Tenerife have thanked a TUI pilot who turned the plane around to pick up their daughter after she lost her passport. Adrian Insley said their dream holiday almost ended in a travel nightmare after his girl misplaced her passport somewhere in the airport.
The 38-year-old and his partner, their four children and Adrian's parents had arrived in plenty of time for their TUI flight back to East Midlands Airport, which was due to take off at roughly 10pm. After having a look round the Duty Free shop, the group headed over to the security check, Manchester Evening News reports.
The dad said: "I am very organised with my passport, I even have a bag for them. But this time my partner said she needs a passport to get something from Duty Free, and then she put the passport in the bag. Our flight was delayed and the airport was very busy because there were three flights to the UK".
