Passengers' fuming as Manchester Ryanair flight finally takes off after an 'absolute sh**show' 24 hour delay
A family was driven 40 miles to three different hotels after being 'trapped like caged animals' for five hours on a flight that was too frozen to leave Manchester Airport. Passengers set for winter sunshine at Gran Canaria were expecting to jet off on their Ryanair flight at 1.45pm on Saturday .
READ MORE: 'Every woman's worst nightmare': Stranger grabs victim from behind in terrifying 'sexually motivated' attack "The manager of the hotel was phoning round, trying to liaise with Ryanair and other hotels. We then went to the Hilton at Old Trafford cricket ground. We were sent in taxis that only fit four people and by the time we got there again the first two passengers were able to secure rooms.
Passengers were still to be reunited with their luggage on the Sunday when they were told of a two-hour delay - only for a false dawn when they were told to urgently board the flight, with the moment captured by video. "We were rather stinky passengers in the morning without a change of clothes," she said. "On arrival having gone through security, we sat down at the bar to find out it had been delayed by two hours.
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