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Jet2 Paphos to Newcastle flight in emergency landing Jet2 Paphos to Newcastle flight makes emergency landing
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A flight carrying passengers back to the UK from Cyprus made an emergency landing after a "technical issue". A flight carrying passengers back to the UK from Cyprus made an emergency landing in Bulgaria.
The Jet2 plane, travelling from Paphos to Newcastle, was diverted to Sofia in Bulgaria on Wednesday afternoon and a replacement aircraft sent out. 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 safely in Newcastle at about 04:15 BST, Newcastle Airport said, having been due at 20:25 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.
The airline would not give any further details as to the nature of the technical problem, but said the plane was diverted "as a precaution". Passenger Vicki Standing told BBC Look North: "We got the shock of our lives when oxygen masks were operated on the flight.
One passenger, Vicki Standing wrote on the BBC Look North Facebook page: "We got the shock of our lives when oxygen masks were operated on the flight. We were told we had lost cabin pressure." "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.