Jet2 Tenerife flight from UK airport forced into emergency landing 'by cracked windshield'

The Jet2 formation LS633 reportedly diverted to Manchester owed to cracked windshield

A cracked windshield connected a Jet2 formation from Tenerife has caused an exigency landing astatine a UK airport.

Flight tracking services reported that Jet2 formation LS633 was forced to divert to Manchester owed to the issue.

A akin incidental was reported successful December past twelvemonth erstwhile terrifying pictures emerged of the cracked windscreen of a level cockpit aft the craft was struck by lightning. A rider connected formation LM26, which was travelling from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen, Scotland, connected Thursday afternoon, said she was sleeping erstwhile pilots decided to crook backmost by signalling the exigency codification 7700. The Loganair level returned to Manchester astir 29 minutes aft take-off.

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Morag McLeod told The Mirror that she was travelling with her spouse from Houston, Texas, and arrived successful Manchester astatine astir 9.30am. They had to hold respective hours for their connecting flight, which they yet boarded successful the afternoon.

She said she was sleeping erstwhile the level was deed by lightning and initially thought it was turbulence. However, she said her spouse thought helium had seen "what looked similar lightning" and woke her up earlier the skipper announced the craft had been struck.

The rider said: "I was really sleeping arsenic we were a connecting formation from Houston. We arrived successful Manchester airdrome astatine 9.30am and had to hold respective hours for our connecting flight.

"I felt what I thought was turbulence, nevertheless my spouse knows a spot astir aviation and helium had seen what looked similar lightning and helium awoke maine conscionable anterior to the skipper announcing that the craft had been struck, my spouse knew thing wasn't close arsenic the craft stopped ascending and began circling successful the aerial which helium believes was the craft circling Manchester airdrome awaiting clearance to exigency land." While being escorted retired of the plane, Morag said she snapped a photograph of the cockpit which shows the cracked windscreen arsenic the level was parked astatine Manchester Airport.

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