Flights are grounded at Manchester airport as ‘power cut leaves planes unable to be refuelled’
- Passengers left stuck on planes for hours waiting to depart Manchester airport
- Flights grounded after a power outage meant aircraft could not be refuelled
- Most outbound flights unable to leave and many inbound have been diverted
Flights at Manchester Airport have reportedly been grounded over a power cut that left planes unable to be refuelled.
Reports suggested a power failure caused a problem with getting fuel into the jets, leading to many passengers being stranded on the runway.
Passengers have tweeted they have been stuck on grounded aircraft, some waiting for around three hours.
Flybe told one passenger her partner’s 5.35pm flight to Dusseldorf is expected to depart an hour later.
Passengers flying to Manchester have also been effected, with some being told at around 5pm that there were ‘issues’ at the airport.
Nearly all flights leaving Manchester airport have been grounded and many inbound aircraft have been diverted. Pictured a Jet2 plane taking off at Manchester airport (file photo)
A spokesman for Flybe told another passenger heading from Aberdeen to Manchester: ‘I am sorry for this disruption.
‘I can confirm that there has some issues due to unanticipated fueling [sic] issues at Manchester Airport, this has had a knock on effect to a few flights.’
The refuelling problems were caused by a power surge and caused nearly all aircraft to be grounded and many inbound flights to be diverted, website MT Aviation reported.
Ellis Davies wrote on Twitter: ‘Heads up on anyone is flying out of #ManchesterAirport this evening – no flights leaving atm as there’s no fuel! They’ll only tell you once you’re ON THE PLANE. Been sat on the tarmac for 90 minutes.’
When asked on social media by a concerned passenger, a spokesman for the airport responded: ‘We’re sorry about this. If you have a query about a specific flight please ask your airline for an update.’