DOUBLE SCARE ON HOLIDAY JET.PASSENGERS on a flight from Glasgow suffered a double mid-air terror after cabin pressure was lost before the plane was hit by lightning. The Thomas Cook For the company, see Thomas Cook AG. Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) of Melbourne, Derbyshire, founded the travel agency that is now Thomas Cook AG. He was brought up as a strict Baptist and joined his local Temperance Society. flight to Tenerife was diverted di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. to Manchester after the Boeing 757 suffered a loss of pressure and had to drop to just 10,000ft above the ground. Oxygen masks oxygen mask n. A masklike device that is placed over the mouth and nose and through which oxygen is supplied from an attached storage tank. were deployed for terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. passengers as the plane dropped altitude on its way for safety checks. But then it was zapped by lightning before landing at Manchester. The Tuesday morning flight was carrying 231 passengers. They were taken to their destination in a replacement plane and landed five hours behind schedule. |
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