The 180 passengers of the EJU1604 Rennes-Nice Flight of Easyjet lived a day to say the least, this Friday. Meanwhile, A succession of unforeseen events transformed their journey into a real nightmare.
Their plane, which was originally to land at 5.35 p.m. In addition, in Nice, finally landed at 11:30 p.m., 6 hours late, report our colleagues from Ouest-France.
It all starts in the early afternoon. Similarly, The aircraft, which initially ensures the Nice-Rennes link before leaving in the opposite direction around 4 p.m., undergoes an incident in flight: a collision with a bird damaging a reactor. In addition, The device is confused to Nantes for verification.
This setback is already more than two hours late.
Finally arrived in Rennes in the early evening, the plane seems ready to leave.
Passenger anxiety attack – Six hours late, 30 passengers
“The captain spoke to explain the six hours late, 30 passengers reasons for this delay. Consequently, Unfortunately his explanations have generated an anxiety attack with a passenger who asked to disembark”testifies to the Riviera Sandrine. one of the passengers, on social networks.
The landing of the worried passenger generates a new delay.
At 8 p.m., third obstacle: the commander announces that a member of the crew has reached the legal limit of his working time. As a result, with one steward less, the plane cannot fly with more than 150 people. So you have to get 30.
Problem: volunteers are not jostling. The next flight being scheduled two days later, on Sunday. Despite the promise of accommodation at the hotel and compensation of 300 euros, the number is insufficient. The atmosphere stretches, the police are called.
A draw mentioned to disembark
“Twenty -one people volunteer. From then on starts very long minutes then hours of waiting and psychological pressure to six hours late, 30 passengers get other additional people. The minutes parade, then the hours. We are even told about a draw if there are not enough volunteers”continues Sandrine.
Finally, around thirty passengers accept. The flight takes off at 9:50 p.m., almost six hours late.
“We spent 4 hours on the plane, in stress, under pressure … And without having anything to drink and eat. A shame, especially since there were a lot of children. At 11:20 p.m., we landed in Nice is almost 6 hours late and exhausted. We each had to manage our logistics problems to go where we had to go. euros “concludes Sandrine, who nevertheless thanks the passengers who have voluntarily agreed to disembark.
