Two and a half hours after our scheduled take off time, we’ve just disembarked the plane. A member of the ground crew reported liquid leaking out of the left hand engine. After shutting down both engines, refuelling, re-starting the engine the leak increased.
We believe accommodation is being sought for us. Speaking to the pilot, at the top of the steps, they have 1 hour to fix it or he’s out of hours and we will be in a hotel for a minimum of 8 hours before maybe taking off to fly home.
1 email from Tui “we hope to have a flight out on the 15th. We’ll be in touch”
Only humans we have seen since getting off the plane at 0030 (2.5hrs after we should have taken off) were Spanish national guards to draw 2 lines through our exit stamp, a very harassed Spanish chap who told us we would be being bussed to hotels, 1 German female Tui rep (who’d obviously been dragged out of bed) and the bus driver.
Apparently a passenger told the stewardess, that engine is peeing fluid. She told him “it’s fine, don’t worry about it” and only when the plane behind us, as we were seconds away from bombing down the runway to take off, radioed the control tower to report Af Gas peeing out of the left engine that the Spanish ATC ordered the pilot to abort 😱😱
Currently in an empty hotel that must be an insurance standby; had about 4 hours sleep in a room that the toilet light (behind a glass door) can’t be turned off in the middle of I have no idea.
This isn’t an extra day’s holiday to enjoy, but given the plane ‘could’ have burst into flame on take off, I’ll take it.
@phil_sandford oh shit, this is putting the wind up me now, flying as I am soon ha ha 🤣 but you've got the right attitude, you're safe that's all that matters 😊
@phil_sandford Not a nice moment! Hope your hotel was okay. Not the perfect end to a lovely holiday, but very glad you didn't have a moment in the air where it all went wrong.....
Don't forget to claim compensation when you get home. ;)
1 email from Tui “we hope to have a flight out on the 15th. We’ll be in touch”
Only humans we have seen since getting off the plane at 0030 (2.5hrs after we should have taken off) were Spanish national guards to draw 2 lines through our exit stamp, a very harassed Spanish chap who told us we would be being bussed to hotels, 1 German female Tui rep (who’d obviously been dragged out of bed) and the bus driver.
Apparently a passenger told the stewardess, that engine is peeing fluid. She told him “it’s fine, don’t worry about it” and only when the plane behind us, as we were seconds away from bombing down the runway to take off, radioed the control tower to report Af Gas peeing out of the left engine that the Spanish ATC ordered the pilot to abort 😱😱
Currently in an empty hotel that must be an insurance standby; had about 4 hours sleep in a room that the toilet light (behind a glass door) can’t be turned off in the middle of I have no idea.
This isn’t an extra day’s holiday to enjoy, but given the plane ‘could’ have burst into flame on take off, I’ll take it.