Emergency landing at Robin Hood Airport
15.07.08
A holiday jet was forced to perform an emergency landing at Robin Hood Airport yesterday, the Doncaster Free Press reports. A full emergency was declared at the airport after the pilot of a Thomsonfly Boeing 737 radioed air traffic controllers to say he was returning after developing technical problems.
The plane, with 186 passengers on board, developed navigational problems shortly after leaving Robin Hood Airport for Larnaca in Cyprus at 09.15 yesterday. It circled around the airport for about 40 minutes to burn off fuel before coming back in to land.
The airport's fire service as well as South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, police and paramedics were on standby as the plane was carrying more fuel than it would when normally landing. It landed safely at 10:20 and no other flights in or out of Robin Hood were affected by the incident.
The passengers were transferred to Manchester Airport where they were due to be put on flights to Larnaca yesterday.
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