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Emergency Landing in Manchester

What: Thomas Cook Airlines Flight TCX569K Airbus A320 en route from Manchester to Tenerife
Where: touched down at Manchester Airport
When: 12.15 pm Friday 7th November 2008
Who: 180 passengers on board
Why: A passenger is quoted as saying” “The captain made an announcement about the problems and the plane went silent. You could have heard a pin drop. It circled for around five minutes before landing. As soon as it did, there was a surge of chatter as everyone started talking.”

After the engine malfunctioned just after take-off, the Airbus returned to the Manchester airport. Passengers were scheduled to leave at 17.15 pm on another plane.

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