'People were screaming to get the children off': Panicked passengers forced to escape from smoke-filled cabin via plane wing after fire prompts emergency landing
A plane returning from Ibiza was forced to make an emergency
landing at East Midlands Airport after an electrical fault led to smoke
filling the cabin.
The moment woman, 52, was escorted off flight by three police officers after getting into argument with fellow passenger who reclined seat to knit
People were screaming to get the children off': Panicked passengers forced to escape from smoke-filled cabin via plane wing after fire prompts emergency landing
- Passengers on Jet2 aircraft spoke of panic after smoke filled cabin
- Some climbed out onto wing of the plane and others left via emergency exits
- Aircraft flying from Ibiza was forced to land at East Midlands airport
A plane returning from Ibiza was forced to make an emergency landing after an electrical fault led to smoke filling the cabin.
Passengers
spoke of their panic after a plane was forced to land at East Midlands
airport following reports of a fire on board the Jet2 passenger plane.
Some
passengers climbed out on to the wing of the aircraft after it landed
at around 9.10pm on Wednesday. Others left via emergency chutes.
Flight LS644 landed at East Midlands airport and the plane was evacuated due to smoke filling the cabin
Panic: Passengers complained of a 'strong electrical burning smell' in the cabin and people were screaming
Malcolm Yates, from Lincolnshire, said there was a 'strong electrical burning smell' in the cabin and people were screaming.
Mr
Yates said while in the air, the plane appeared to be hovering. He
claimed the intercom then failed and there was no communication between
cabin staff and passengers.
'When we did come into land, it was quite erratic,' he said.
'We soon saw the fire engines lined up. The lights were all out. Then the doors didn't open. People started to panic.
'You
could smell the burning, a strong electrical burning smell. That's when
people started to panic. Screaming 'get the kids off!''
Chaos: Some passengers climbed out on to the wing of the aircraft after it landed at East Midlands airport
One woman claimed her son managed to break a door and get out on to the wing of the plane.
Diane,
who did not give her surname, was told about the drama by her son Greg
who was aboard the plane with his girlfriend Julie.
Diane said: 'There were lots of fire engines and ambulances on the tarmac waiting for it to land.
'Greg said to Julie 'we are in big trouble' and he said the smell of fire was vile, just dreadful.
'The crew wouldn't open the doors because they hadn't been given permission.
'Greg said some how or other he was going to open a door.
'He managed to open a door and he and Julie got out and jumped off the wing of the plane.
'There were lots of children and old people who were very, very frightened.
'It was chaos, everyone was running and screaming.'
Adrian Pepper, 44, from Mickleover, said: 'As we came into land we aborted and had to pull back up and circle round again.
The emergency landing also had knock-on effects for other passengers with at least three flights diverted
A Jet2
spokesperson said the plane was evacuated as a precautionary safety
measure, due to a 'minor electrical problem' (file picture)
'When we came into land there was no communication as the PA system seemed to be broken.
'When we eventually landed we taxied down and we could see all the fire engines and ambulances.'
Mr
Pepper said that they were forced to use the emergency exits to leave
the plane and that an 'acrid smell of smoke' was evident as the left the
plane.
The
emergency landing also had knock-on effects for other passengers with
at least three flights diverted, according to the airport's website.
One of these aborted flights appeared to have been sent to Birmingham with Twitter user Maxine Sheppard writing:
A
Jet2 spokesperson said: 'Following a safe arrival last night at East
Midlands Airport, flight LS644 from Ibiza had to be evacuated once on
stand as a precautionary safety measure, due to a minor electrical
problem which led to some smoke in the cabin.
'All passengers were looked after by our airport team. A full investigation is now under way.'
An airport spokesman said full safety procedures were followed.
Leicestershire Police confirmed that there was an aircraft emergency and that no one was injured.
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