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Cathy Owen & Molly Dowrick

Welsh couple stranded at Gatwick after Storm Otto diverts their EasyJet flight to Bristol Airport

A Welsh couple have described the nightmare journey they're having after their flight from Amsterdam to Bristol Airport was diverted because of Storm Otto. Becca Tan, 33, and her partner Jordan Gregory, 30, from the Rhondda valley, were due to fly to Bristol on Friday morning - and expected to be home with their kids by late afternoon - but their delayed flight was diverted to Gatwick because of the weather conditions at Bristol - and they remain stranded there.

After their flight was diverted, Jordan says the plane was refuelled and took off again - with the pilot hoping the weather would clear and he could land at Bristol. Unfortunately, this couldn't happen and so after 90 minutes in the air the plane landed in Gatwick again.

But the travel nightmare still wasn't over - with the plane on the runway for a further 90 minutes and passengers only given "a small glass of Coke, Fanta or pop and a snack" to tide them over, Jordan says. Eventually, Jordan, Becca and fellow passengers were allowed off the plane - only to be told they needed to make their own arrangements to Bristol Airport or directly home.

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