 Just before the flight was eventually cancelled close to midnight - eight hours after it should've departed - three passengers were left unattended on the plane with the cockpit door open, it was claimed. "EasyJet's handling of the situation was absolutely shocking," passenger Stephanie Cocks told The Mirror. "It was just horrendous and it was really surreal. It was pretty traumatic." Stephanie, her mum and son had headed to Gatwick on Sunday with plenty of time to spare to catch their flight to Venice to see Stephanie's 97-year-old grandma, who is in a care home. After an initial two hour long delay, they boarded the flight at 6pm, only to end up sitting on the stationary plane for five hours, Stephanie said. According to the woman an increasingly irate sounding pilot told the passengers they'd missed two slots as he'd been unable to get in contact with control. "The pilot came on a couple of times and said staff at Gatwick were not answering his calls, so no one could escort the plane off the stand," the Maidstone, Kent mum said. "The pilo){kind=link}
EasyJet passengers were stuck on a plane at London Gatwick Airport for five hours on Sunday after a heavy storm caused lengthy waits and cancellations at the travel hub
A pregnant easyJet passenger fainted after being ‘trapped’ on a stationary plane for five hours amid airport chaos, it was claimed.
The plane destined for Venice got stuck on the tarmac at London Gatwick on Sunday as a ferocious storm blew over head, causing massive disruption to flight schedules.
Passengers broke into frustrated yells during the lengthy ordeal, which the pilot blamed on air traffic control not answering his calls meaning the flight missed two departure slots, one woman claimed.
An apparently pregnant woman required medical help after fainting on the airport floor, passengers said.