TUIfly Pilots Lightheaded on Fumes
What: TUIFly Boeing 737-800 en route from Alicante to Nuremberg
Where: Alicante
When: Mar 15th 2011
Who: 144 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the pilots and crew of the flight felt dizzy and impaired. Passengers also reported feeling dizzy after the ground power unit started the engines. The pilot reported the emergency and returned to Alicante and made a safe landing.
We don’t see a statement from the ministerio de fomento regarding this incident.