Thomson Airways flight BY-1714 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 8th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Newcastle Airport, England, to Larnaca, Cyprus, was diverted after one of the pilots fell ill.
The plane landed safely. The pilot was taken to a nearby hospital.
Thomson Airlines flight BY-2616 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, England, on July 8th.
The Boeing 757-200 flying from Manchester, England, to Girona, Spain, had to divert due to smoke in its cabin.
The plane landed safely.
All 201 passengers and 8 crew members remained unhurt.
Thomson Airways flight BY-147 made an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on June 9th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane flying from Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, was on approach to Manchester when the crew declared an emergency due to an engine failure.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomson Airways flight BY-6133 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Porto, Portugal, on April 17th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Las Palmas, Spain, to Bristol, England, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All 220 people aboard remained unharmed.
Thomson Airways flight BY-108 had to reject takeoff from Manchester, England, on April 16th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Bridgetown, Barbados, when the crew noticed some problem and rejected takeoff at high speed.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomson Airways flight BY-6606 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on April 15th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Bristol, England, to Las Palmas, Spain, was diverted due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A Thomson Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at Bournemouth Airport, United Kingdom, on January 17th.
The plane was flying from Tenerife, Spain, when the crew declared an emergency due to a technical problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Thomson Airways flight BY-6248 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, on January 10th.
The plane heading from Bournemouth, United Kingdom, to Tenerife–South Airport, Spain, was diverted after a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Thomson Airways flight BY-1718 made an emergency landing in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on December 18th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Tenerife–South Airport, Spain, but had to turn back after a burning odor was noticed on board.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Thomson Airways flight BY-7352 made an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on August 24th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Paphos, Cyprus, but had to turn back after the crew suspected a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
Thomson Airways flight TOM6555 had to make an emergency landing at Cardiff Airport, United Kingdom, on September 19.
The plane was preparing to land at the airport when its landing flaps failed, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency. The flight was en-route from Tenerife, Spain at the time.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were around 200 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
An airline spokesperson said, “The safety of our customers and crew is of paramount importance and we would like to reassure customers that this type of situation is extremely rare.”
Thomson Airways flight TOM2334 made an emergency landing at Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus at 9:00 P.M. on July 8.
The Boeing 767-300, travelling from Manchester, UK, to Larnaca, Cyprus, had to declare an emergency after it experienced short-term air turbulence.
Among the 328 passengers and 10 crew members aboard, 4 crew members sustained injuries.
The injured were taken to hospital.
A Manchester-bound Thomson Holidays flight had to make an emergency landing at Nantes Atlantique Airport, France, at round noon on September 6.
The decision for diversion and emergency landing was made after a passenger in his mid 50s suddenly fell sick midair, shortly after the flight TOM2621 took off from Alicante, Spain.
The paramedics were ready at the scene when the plane safely landed. The passenger was treated for about half an hour and the flight resumed after his condition stabilized.
The flight, which was due to land at Manchester Airport at 1:05 p.m. eventually landed at 3:30 p.m.
A Thomson Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Lajes airport in Portugal, at about 4:13 a.m. Lisbon time on August 5.
The twin-engine aircraft Boeing 787-800 aircraft was on its way from Dominican Republic to Manchester, UK when the crew had to shut down its right hand engine due to an indication of low oil pressure.
The plane was then diverted towards Lajes airport where it made a safe emergency landing. All 288 passengers remained safe.
The passengers were provided a replacement aircraft which took them to their destination.
A Thomson Airways Boeing 787-800 en route from Manchester to Orlando on July 12 was enroute when technical problems–an electronic issue– developed.
Pilots diverted back to Manchester, circling Wales where they dumped fuel prior to securing a safe landing with emergency services on standby. Passengers were provided an alternative flight. A dedicated team of engineers inspected # G-TUIC.
The problem was reported to be a flushing issue.
A Thomson Airways Boeing 787-8 sustained a bird strike on a Manchester—Cardiff—Shannon flight on the Cardiff-Shannon leg.
On taking off from Cardiff, the bird strike occurred. The pilot reported that all systems appeared operational. Pilots continued to Shannon and made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.
On the ground, the flight did not need to be towed but continued under its own power.
Maintenance did confirm evidence of damage in the jet’s right side engine. The training flight was cancelled and crews worked on the damaged engine.
This is listed as a training flight of a recently delivered jet.
What: Thomson flight en route to Lanzarote
Where: Portugal
Who: disruptive teen
Why: Seventeen year old Lee Doran from London was traveling with his step father to Lanzarote when he got into an altercation.
After he and his stepfather got into a fight, the pilot landed in Portugal, dropping off Doran, half-brother Dylan, stepfather David Laughton, his partner Sarah Wilson, and their son Harry. The family caught the next flight to Lanzarote, leaving Lee at the airport police station. Between the British Embassy and Lee’s mother, he managed to get back home (to London.)
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Contact photographer Rodolfo García López
What: Thomson Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Bridgetown to London
Where: Atlantic
When: Jan 19th 2012
Who: 1 injury
Why: Thirty minutes into the flight, a flight attendant incurred facial injuries from steam in the galley.
The flight diverted to Bermuda where they made a safe landing. It took an hour to get underway again, after the injured attendant was taken to the hospital.
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Contact photographer Fred Seggie
What: Thomson Boeing 767-300, en route from Manchester to to Punta Cana Dominican Republic
Where: Bermuda
When: Occurred:Nov 5th 2010
Sentenced: Aug 19th 2011
Who: 45 year old British Citizen
Why: While Charity worker Carol Close’s flight had been delayed for 30 hours in Manchester with technical problems, the depressed woman passed the time by drinking beer and two mixed drinks. Probably not a good idea.
Six hours into the November 5, 2010 flight, the woman attacked her husband and other individuals aboard the flight. Her husband moved to another seat to get away from her, and Close then bit and kicked a flight attendant (or two) who attempted to restrain her. Then she started yelling.
The captain diverted to Bermuda where Carol Close was arrested.
On Aug 19th 2011, Close pleaded guilty to “two charges of assault and one of affray.”
British Court sentenced her to a suspended 6-months jail term, £2700 British Pounds. (£200 compensation to cabin crew, plus £2,476 to Bermuda Police)
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Contact photographer DOMINGOS PATENA
What: Thomson Boeing 737-800 en route from Lanzarote to Newcastle
Where: Newcastle
When: Nov 25th 2010
Who: 189 passengers
Why: It was snowing when the plane landed at Newcastle, and due to pavement conditions, the plane overran the runway. Passengers disembarked via stairs on the runway and were taken by bus to the terminal. Apparently no one was injured, but anyone who has been a passenger in a hydroplaning vehicle can sympathize with the passengers fear.
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Contact photographer Roberto Bianchi
What: Thomson Airways Boeing 757-200 from London to Paphos Cyprus
Where: Paphos Cyprus
When: Oct 13 2010
Who: 200 aboard
Why: On approach to Paphos, the pilot had to shut down an engine. The captain issued a distress signal and landed with one engine, with emergency vehicles on standby.
They made a safe landing. The plane’s return run is postponed until after Inspectors flying in from the UK to inspect the plane.
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Contact photographer Paul Markman
What: Thomson Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Cancun (Mexico) to Bristol,EN (UK),
Where: Bristol
When: Oct 3 2010
Why: On Sept 16, the same plane had had another hard landing causing damage.
On this flight, the plane accelerated for reasons unknown during a hard landing on arrival at Bristol. Unspecified damages occurred, no injuries reported.
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Contact photographer Bostjan Henigaman
What: Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800 en route from Cardiff to Las Palmas
Where: en route
When: Jan 25th 2010
Who: 186 passengers and 7 crew
Why: While en route, one of the passengers apparently suffered a panic attack, and attempted to enter the cabin, having to be restrained by crew and passengers.
The passenger was taken into custody on landing.
If this does turn out to be the case of a mental disorder (panic attack), one wonders what new steps will be taken to reduce incidents of this type. It seems as if unruly passengers are on the rise. Is it the reporting of the events that has changed or are passengers themselves changing, devolving into having less self-control? It seems like a trend-but what does it mean?
Or is there a simpler answer? Is it that earlier generations of fliers respected planes more?
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Contact Photographer Jorge Abreu
What: Thomson Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from Boa Vista Cape Verde to Manchester England
Where: Porto Santo
When: Jun 22nd 2009
Who: 230 passengers
Why: The pilot experienced a fuel leak in the right engine, shut it down, and diverted to Madeira for a safe landing.
George’s Point of View
That must have been harrowing flying on one engine and having to land on one of the Madeira islands. I wonder how they were alerted to the fuel leak–or if they just ran out of gas. Whatever the circumstances, all the more power to the flight crew for managing safely. Let’s hope maintenance can fix the problem in short order. They’ll probably have to fly a crew in.