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Jet2 Paphos to Newcastle flight makes emergency landing | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A flight carrying passengers back to the UK from Cyprus made an emergency landing in Bulgaria. | |
One passenger said the cabin lost pressure and oxygen masks came down as the Jet2 plane from Paphos to Newcastle was diverted to Sofia on Wednesday. | |
Passengers arrived in Newcastle on a replacement aircraft at about 04:15 BST, Newcastle Airport said, having been due at 20:25 on Wednesday. | |
Jet2 apologised for any inconvenience caused to passengers. | Jet2 apologised for any inconvenience caused to passengers. |
Passenger Vicki Standing told BBC Look North: "We got the shock of our lives when oxygen masks were operated on the flight. | |
"We were told we had lost cabin pressure." | |
The airline would not give any further details of what it called a "technical problem", but said the plane was diverted as a precaution. |
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