Once again, a plane which should have landed at Tours-Val de Loire airport was diverted. This Saturday, December 28, 2024, the flight from Marrakech, which left at 6:39 a.m., was unable to land under the very gray sky of Indre-et-Loire.
According to a passenger on board, the plane may well have descended and “pierce the cloud ceiling” more “after several laps, the pilot restarted the gas”, explains Romain, a Touraine returning from a few days in Morocco.
Stranded on the tarmac of Clermont-Ferrand
The plane, a Boeing 738 from Ryanair, finally headed to Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) where it landed around 10:15 a.m. An hour later, the passengers were still inside. 'having “no right to leave the tarmac”still reports Romain complaining “heat, lack of assistance and information”.
They were finally able to reach Tours… By bus.
Passengers wait without heating in Tours
At Tours airport, some 200 people were scheduled to take off towards Marrakech at 9:50 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., they were still waiting in the departure lounge hoping to be able to take off around 12:30 p.m. They finally took off at 2:30 p.m. 10 a.m.
A wait that is all the less pleasant as the heating is currently broken at the airport, our journalist Pascal Landré observed on site.
Saturday December 28, 2024, passengers due to board for Marrakech wait in the departure lounge at Tours airport.
© Photo NR, Pascal Landré
Tours Airport: the black series
This diversion is the seventh in a dark series that started in October 2024 and which does not seem to want to stop. On December 24, the flight from Marrakech had already had to be diverted. Towards Beauvais this time. The passengers had joined Tours by bus. The previous event, no later than Friday December 27, concerned the rotation with London.
Each time the fog is put forward to explain these difficulties.
