Flights at Manchester Airport have been grounded due to an apparent problem with re-fuelling.
Reports suggested a power failure has caused a problem with re-fuelling aircraft.
Passengers have tweeted how they have been stranded on grounded aircraft for almost two hours.
Martin Keogh, from Northenden was due to fly to Palma at 5pm with his wife and twin boys with Jet2. He said: “At about 4.30pm we were told there was a site wide power disruption which was affecting refuelling.
“I’ve not seen any aircraft take off since.
“You can imagine everyone is sat around it is a bit of a nightmare.”
A Manchester Airport spokesman, said: “Due to a power issue this afternoon there is currently an issue with the fuel supply at the airport.
Engineers are currently on site to fix the issue and we are working with airlines to try and minimise the impact.”
Rachael Smith, 36, from Edinburgh, had been due to fly with easyJet to Preveza in Greece on business but her flight has just been cancelled.
Speaking from the aircraft, she told the M.E.N: “I’ve been sitting her close on three hours now, which funnily enough was the flight time. We’ve just been told the flight has been cancelled. We’re waiting to be taken off but there’s a backlog. So it will be a hotel and hopefully a flight tomorrow.
“The crew have brought us water. It’s not their fault at the end of the day. It would have been nice to know (what the problem was) a little bit sooner.”
After half-an-hour of waiting, Rachael said the captain informed passengers ‘we’ve got no fuel’ but it took another two hours of sitting on the stationary aircraft to be told of the ‘system failure’ affecting refuelling.
Speaking from the aircraft, she told the M.E.N: “I’ve been sitting her close on three hours now, which funnily enough was the flight time. We’ve just been told the flight has been cancelled. We’re waiting to be taken off but there’s a backlog. So it will be a hotel and hopefully a flight tomorrow.
“The crew have brought us water. It’s not their fault at the end of the day. It would have been nice to know (what the problem was) a little bit sooner.”
After half-an-hour of waiting, Rachael said the captain informed passengers ‘we’ve got no fuel’ but it took another two hours of sitting on the stationary aircraft to be told of the ‘system failure’ affecting refuelling.
“I think everyone is a bit bored and a bit angry,” said Rachael.
Credit: Manchester Evening News
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