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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Francis Louie C. Añiga

Why Did a TUI Flight to Malaga Turn Back? Here's What We Know About Flight BY2786 and Passenger Rights

TUI, G-TUID, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (Credit: Anna Zvereva/Wikimedia Commons)

A TUI Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flying holidaymakers from Manchester to Malaga abandoned its journey on Sunday 19 July 2026 and turned back near the western coast of France, with flight BY2786 landing safely back at Manchester Airport around two hours and 20 minutes after take-off and no injuries reported.

The aircraft, registration G-TUIP, left Manchester's runway 05L at about 7.45am BST, bound for Spain's Costa del Sol on what should have been a routine three-hour flight.

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