A Jet2 flight to Tenerife was forced to carry out an emergency landing this morning after a crack was discovered in a window.
The flight had left East Midlands Airport shortly after 9am – and passengers had hoped to be in the Spanish holiday hotspot just over four hours later.
But after jetting out over the south coast of Ireland, the plane had to carry out a U-turn and land at Manchester Airport an hour and a half later.
Neither Manchester Airport nor Jet2 have publicly commented on the landing – but GB News understands that the turnaround was due to a crack in a passenger window.
Modern aircraft windows contain multiple layers of plexiglass to withstand large pressure differences at altitude.
As a result, surface cracks like the one thought to have occurred on the Jet2 flight will likely not compromise the structural integrity of the window.
But a large or deep crack could potentially lead to a cabin depressurisation if it worsens – as such, pilots are required to descend to a lower altitude and divert the flight to land safely.
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It comes just days after another Jet2 flight – this time from Glasgow to Rome – was forced into an emergency landing at London Stansted after pilots reported concerns over fuel levels.
The on-board fuel gauge showed “levels way lower than expected,” passengers said after landing – with one telling the Scottish Sun that a “fire truck checked us out when we landed and no sign of any leaking fuel.”
It also follows widespread travel chaos in Tenerife at the start of 2025, when a private jet forced some 20 flights to divert off-course.
A technical fault is understood to have left a private jet immobilised on runway at Reina Sofia airport, leaving holidaymakers facing extensive delays both arriving at and departing from the holiday hotspot.
