Flights from Bristol to Gran Canaria
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot’s windscreen cracked at 30, 000ft (Picture: Bristol Gig Club)
A plane bound for Bristol was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot’s windscreen cracked at 30, 000ft.
Five dead after plane crashes into Lidl supermarket in PortugalThe Thomson plane from Gran Canaria was forced to ground in Portugal after the damage caused the plane to drop from 30, 000ft to 10, 000ft last night.
Shocking pictures show the windscreen with multiple cracks all over the screen.
The Thomson flight had been headed to Bristol from Gran Canaria (Picture: Getty Images)
‘We’ve been here about two hours now. Everyone is OK but a bit fed up as we are not really being told very much about what is going on other than being shunted from one part of the airport to the other.’
She added that they were told the plane had suffered a technical fault before landing, but saw the cracked windscreen when they disembarked the plane.
Thomson replied to Laura’s tweet by saying: ‘We are sorry for the circumstances and hope you can continue your flight home soon.’
A spokesperson for Thomson told Metro.co.uk: ‘Thomson Airways would like to apologise for any inconvenience to our customers on board flight TOM6133 travelling from Las Palmas airport in Gran Canaria to Bristol, which was diverted to Porto airport in Portugal as a result of damage to the aircraft’s windscreen.
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‘The flight departed from Portugal airport as quickly as possible afterwards and customers have arrived safely in Bristol.
