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Jet2 passengers escaped along wing after emergency landing | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Passengers on a plane that was forced into an emergency landing have described how they forced open a door and jumped from the wing. | |
Jet2 said the flight, which landed at East Midlands Airport at 21:10 BST on Wednesday, had a "minor electrical fault". | |
A passenger on the Ibiza flight said there was a "strong... burning smell". | |
Another man said cabin crew lost control on the ground, which led to panic and people trying to escape. | |
'Great big lunge' | |
An airport spokesman said three other flights were diverted to Birmingham and full safety procedures were followed. The Boeing 733 jet can carry up to 150 passengers. | |
Kyle Charles, from Strelley Village, Nottinghamshire, said: "We circled above the airport and tried but failed to land. | |
"We landed on the second attempt. When we landed it turned into sheer carnage." | |
Mr Charles said one member of the cabin crew kept screaming over and over: "Get off the plane everybody now!" | |
He said the crew opened the main doors at the back and front of the plane, where the inflatable chutes drop down, but not the ones over the wings. | |
His friend Rob forced one of the doors open, ran to the end of the wing and jumped down on to the tarmac. | |
He then helped other passengers who were running along the wings down on to the runway. | |
Malcom Yates, who was also on the flight, said the intercom failed and there was no communication between cabin staff and passengers in the air. | |
"We soon saw the fire engines lined up," he said. | |
"You could smell the burning, a strong electrical burning smell. That's when people started to panic, screaming 'get the kids off!' | |
"The stewardess kicked the door down up the front. I remember her taking a great big lunge for it to smash it down." | |
A Jet2 spokesperson said: "Following a safe arrival at East Midlands Airport of flight LS644 we decided to disembark passengers as quickly as possible as a precautionary safety measure because a minor electrical problem led to some smoke in the cabin. | |
"All passengers were looked after by our airport team and a full investigation is now under way. The safety of our passengers is of paramount importance." | |
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch tweeted that it had deployed a team to investigate what happened. |