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[JamesBAgold]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-19676990

Not surprising given the number of wet leased aeroplanes from Eastern Europe Monarch are now utilising for their operations. Thankfully it was not more serious.

[BusinessTraveller]

The latest from Birmingham airport’s website (updated at 1519) is as follows:

Flight disruption

An incident involving Monarch flight ZB467 arriving from Nice and operated by AURELA Airlines occurred at 13.11 this afternoon.

Passengers left the aircraft by the steps; no one was hurt. The airport is open with flights arriving and departing. Some departing flights may still be subject to delay.

Passengers should contact the airline directly.

[ConstantFlyer]

Why “not surprising”, JamesBAgold?

[JamesBAgold]

A number of other forums have cited concerns with the airlines being used, age & quality of planes, skills and quality of crew (and limited English skills)… I could go on – since Monarch embarked on their ‘expansion’ through wet leasing.

[SimonS1]

The CEO of Monarch said on Radio 5 tonight that they had terminated Aurela. There was another incident recently where passengers suffered a 48 hour delay due to problems on the same (25 year old) plane.

[LuganoPirate]

Looking at AVHerald and Airliners.net forums there’s quite a lot of comment on this. Seems its an old 737 from 1988 and has been involved in a few other incidents. Internet too slow where I am now to post links. Sorry.

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