A flight from Manchester to Guernsey had to be cancelled after a passenger opened an emergency exit.
The GR679 service was scheduled to depart at 7:05pm on Sunday (12 July) but did not make it off the tarmac as the plane was taken out of service following the incident.
Operator Aurigny says “there was no malicious intent” and it is “satisfied that this was not deliberate but rather accidental”.
However, the emergency exit must be reset by a qualified engineer – meaning that those on board faced an overnight stay in Manchester as there were no services back to the island later that day.
No one was injured and a flight on the same route the following morning did depart as scheduled.
In a statement, the airline adds: “Aurigny regrets the inconvenience caused to passengers on this service by this unfortunate and unusual situation.”
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