{"id":71446,"date":"2026-08-17T02:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71446\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T02:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:56:16","slug":"jet2-uk-bound-flight-from-spain-in-chaos-after-wing-tip-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71446\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet2 UK-bound flight from Spain in chaos after ‘wing tip hit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jet2 Holidays flight from Palma de Mallorca to Bristol was halted and delayed for hours after the plane’s wingtip was struck by boarding stairs, passengers said<\/p>\n

19:13, 16 Aug 2026Updated 19:30, 16 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

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Passengers said they were delayed by hours(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

Scores of holidaymakers were left facing lengthy delays on a Jet2 <\/a>flight home from Spain <\/a>after the plane’s wingtip was struck by boarding stairs.<\/p>\n

Flight LS1872, which was due to depart Palma de Mallorca<\/a> at 10:25am and land in Bristol, was halted with passengers forced to disembark the Boeing <\/a>737-800 aircraft.<\/p>\n

One passenger called Finley told how travellers were told to expect a two-hour delay because of an “air traffic restriction”.<\/p>\n

He said: “I’m in Palma airport and a ground stairs vehicle has just hit the wing tip of our Jet2Holidays B737 Max 8 aircraft.<\/p>\n

“This was flight LS1872 from Palma Majorca to Bristol<\/a>, which was supposed to depart at 10.25am. Once boarded, we were told it was due to be delayed for two hours because of an air traffic restriction.<\/p>\n

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The plane was due to depart Palma de Mallorca at 10:25am and land in Bristol(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

“An hour later, we were told we were good to go. Minutes later, the ground vehicle collided with the wing tip.”<\/p>\n

After being sent back to the terminal, the passengers waited another hour or so before being told they could get back on the plane, ready for departure, reports Bristol Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The later flight was due to depart at 3pm local time (2pm UK time) and was set to land back in the UK at 4pm – more than four hours late.<\/p>\n

Finley added: “We were only here for a few nights, but after getting a taxi at 7.30am this morning for a short drive, to be boarding for the second time six hours after arriving, it’s a nightmare. But we’re relieved to be getting on it now.”<\/p>\n

The Mirror<\/a> has contacted Jet2 Holidays for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jet2 Holidays flight from Palma de Mallorca to Bristol was halted and delayed for hours after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1392,17],"class_list":["post-71446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-jet2","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}