Lufthansa unit Brussels Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Passengers said dozens of people were stranded in Europe for a second night after their flight from the United States made an emergency landing in Dublin following an engine failure.
Brussels Airlines Flight 102 was en route from Brussels to New York on Friday when the pilots issued a “pan-pan” notice, indicating an urgent but manageable, less serious problem. than “mayday”, when flying west at 37,000 feet above Celtic sea, air and track media said.
According to the Aviation Herald, an independent website that tracks aircraft incidents, the pilots of the 12-year-old Airbus A330-300 requested a diversion to Shannon in western Ireland but turned to Dublin following the airline’s instructions. are not.
Lufthansa unit Brussels Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Passengers praised the crew but said they were checked into a hotel in Dublin before flying to Paris on Saturday, where many were then unable to board the overcrowded flight to New York in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. in the United States.
They include 18-year-old Maja Schmidt from Germany, who is coming to New York to work as a couple.
“They’re not vegetarian so I ate bread and a cookie,” she told Reuters via mobile phone.
On the plane was Oliver Sommerburg, 22, from Hamburg, Germany, making only the second flight of his life.
“It was crazy, I didn’t know what was going on. They didn’t tell us anything,” he said.
Bernard Vidick, a Belgian justice official, said he was denied a connecting flight in Paris because the plane carrying stranded passengers from Dublin was also delayed.
“This means we’re blocked in Paris when we should be in New York. We’re wasting two of the few vacation days we have,” he told Reuters.
Carriers serving the United States are facing congestion and delays next week as the Thanksgiving holiday overlaps with airline labor shortages.
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