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A Boeing flying from Turkey to Germany suffered a technical incident. Passengers had to wait 1 hour on a plane in direct sunlight and without air conditioning. Story of a misadventure that they will remember.
A sauna, a furnace, hell. A few days ago, passengers got stuck in the Boeing 737-800 which was to connect Antalaya in Turkey to Münster in Germany with the airline Mavi Gök.
The air conditioning failed and the aircraft had to wait for almost an hour on the runway. A passenger recounts the scene to the German daily Bild : “The children were getting louder and louder, people were dripping with sweat. The situation was very tense.” He continues: “A father and a wife were scared to death for their children. The panic infected everyone.”
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According to his account, the crew members helped their passengers very little. They continued preparations for the flight as if nothing had happened. A doctor, who spoke Turkish, alerted the crew to the passengers’ state of health. According to another German media Focuspassengers even had to lie down in the aisle of the Boeing.
“A risk for flight safety”
After remaining silent for several days, the airline spoke out. She mentions a “technical problem and other operational reasons which were beyond our control” and affirms that an investigation is open. During the wait, the temperature rose sharply inside the aircraft, which presented “a risk for the safety of the flight, the cabin and the passengers”. This is why the pilot did not want to take off.
The passengers ultimately had to change planes and were still able to return home that day, almost 4 hours behind schedule.
