TUI plane passengers offered counselling after terrifying landing
AIRLINE passengers are being offered counselling to get over a terrifying landing.
TUI customers were screaming and crying as the pilot tried to touch down in severe winds.
The aircraft was buffeted and the engines were roaring during the aborted landing at Manchester.
Passenger Gareth Salter said: “People were panicking. I was saying my prayers. I didn’t think I’d see my family again. It was just awful.”
Now, TUI has emailed those on board with a number for free counselling with the Centre for Crisis Psychology.
It said: “We would like to assure customers that instances of this nature are rare. TUI has offered all those on the plane counselling.”
After failing to land at Manchester it diverted to East Midlands but the already traumatised passengers say they were told only on the ground.
Shaken Jane and Kevin Hudson then got stuck in a blizzard on the M62 as they endured a 14-hour trip to retrieve their car from Manchester and get home to Scarborough, North Yorks.
Jane said: “I believe there was a definite lack of care to us and the rest of the clients on that plane. It’s only by the grace of god that we have come out unscathed.”