Dalaman delays

[madmackem]

Mads other half here, does anyone know what went wrong at Dalaman on the 13th, our flight to Newcastle was delayed 8+ hours, I think Cardiff were put up in a hotel for the night also Bristol delayed and another flight to the UK. All other flights seemed to be running on time. They told us we were delayed because of a blocked toilet, what was anyone else told ?. I would be interested to fined out.

Elaine and Peter.

[tonytigwall]

God who did you fly with Kiki

[cassie]

article in the paper today about cleaning fluid in the toilet leaked to the cabin crew and made them ill so flight was diverted was this the one

[madmackem]

Hi Tony,
Onur air flight, and we had used them before with no bother. Don't think it was anything to do with chemicles cassie, we were told that someone had put a babys nappy down one of the loo's and blocked it and they had to remove the bags to get at the pipe work in the hold, all that's as may be but 8 1/2 hours to unblock a loo. I know every thing in turkey has a more relaxed way about it but i find that hard to believe.

Peter & Elain

[victoria b]

my daughter works as a customer services agent for an airline and says you would be surprised at the reasons a flight is delayed. Today at belfast airport im told the flight to dalaman was cancelled for 6 hours and that was onur air

[mark]

We had a 5 hour delay at Dalaman on the 9th.Our flight was with Thomson and we were flying back to Bournemouth.We were told the plane had a technical fault at Palma.Strange,it had a technical fault at Palma 2 weeks earlier when we flew out and that resulted in a 4 hour delay!!!!!

[reesy1959]

Ours was delayed for 19 hours with Thomas Cook. The reason given was a technical fault. Although it was a Thomas Cook holiday, the flight was a Thomsons plane.

When we did eventually board the plane the captain came out and spoke to us all, telling us that part of the planes computer was saying that the plane was not flying, even though he was in the air. He said he could not fly the plane like this, and had to circle for 2 and a half hours before landing back at Cardiff, as he couldn't land with a full tank of fuel. The fault had been fixed but he requested another plane, so we could all rest assured! (Very nice, thanks)

When we arrived back at Cardiff leaflets were being handed out to everyone who wanted to claim through their Insurance. This stated that 'The Aircraft due to operate your flight developed a technical problem delaying initial departure from Cardiff, once airborne the aircraft had to return back to Cardiff for further rectification. As a result the operating crew exceeded their legally permitted working hours and had to take minimum rest before they could operate your flight the following day'.

Mary & Phill