LONDON: A British Airway airplane carrying around 200 vacation tourists from London congratulations from scare the air after the ice lump from the 1,000 foot jet above it crashed into the plane at 35,000 feet left with media folds.
The Boeing 777 Cruising plane at 35,000 feet traveled from London Gatwick to San Jose in Costa Rica on Christmas day when a strange accident occurred.
The ice blocks fall from other aircraft that fly 1,000 feet above the jet while sailing at a height of 35,000 feet.
It really broke the two-inch windshield, which was built to withstand extreme strength and similar to bulletproof glass.
The plane landed safely in San Jose.
The incident was described as a ‘one-in-million’ opportunity and left around 200 passengers stranded during Christmas instead of being able to return to London.
“My husband was part-Iceland and his family who lived in Edinburgh celebrating Christmas on December 24.
We desperately try to find a flight connected at this time that will take us there in time not to miss his family Christmas,” said Jo Mitchell’s newspaper independent.
Mitchell and Geir Olafsson are on honeymoon in Costa Rica, and departing from Pacific Coast Resort they hope to return through Gatwick to Edinburgh on time for the Christmas family.
“The BA application said something unclear about the flight was postponed the next day.
The flight time, however, only showed a four-hour delay.
We did not receive information via email or message so we hope it is just a mistake.
We dropped our car and proceeded to the airport , With desperately hoping it’s not true, “Mitchell said.
Apart from the midwide accident, all passengers were safe but stranded at the airport for several hours after their plane made an emergency landing.
The flight was rescheduled 50 hours after the time scheduled for the original passenger.
“We were told when it was our turn to check in by the San Jose desk staff that the plane had a broken windshield and would be too dangerous to fly back.
At this point we were destroyed, realizing we would miss Christmas with both our families,” Mitchell said .
After the incident, the British Airways issued an apology to the passengers who had their Christmas planned plans destroyed.
“We will never fly a plane unless we feel really safe to do it, and on this occasion, our technicians cannot clean it to fly.
Since then, our team has worked behind the scenes to do everything they can make sure the plane is ready On the earliest occasion to bring customers to London, “the official said.
“We appreciate the patience and understanding of our customers and our engineers and crew colleagues who have also done everything they can to help,” said the report.
British Airways has offered a full refund for all affected passengers, and will also pay 520 pounds per person set for a long delay under the rules of air passenger rights, the report said.
British Airways windshield screen cracks with an ice beam at 35,000 feet
