{"id":346266,"date":"2025-08-15T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346266\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:15:14","slug":"lancaster-family-stuck-in-france-after-planes-clip-wings-at-manchester-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346266\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster family stuck in France after planes clip wings at Manchester Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n A Lancaster man says there is \u2018confusion and no information\u2019 at an airport in France after two planes collided at Manchester.\n <\/p>\n

Local photographer Joshua Brandwood and his family were due to be heading home after a family holiday in Paris, to be greeted with uncertainty upon arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport.<\/p>\n

EasyJet said two of its planes collided while taxiing at Manchester Airport, including the one due to take off to Paris, at around 6:30 on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

There have been no reports of injuries and both aircraft suffered minor damage.<\/p>\n

Flights have now resumed at the airport following a brief suspension for a safety assessment.<\/p>\n

“I first learned about the incident at Manchester Airport this morning from a fellow passenger, who told me that our scheduled flight had collided with another aircraft,\u2019\u2019 said Mr Brandwood (pictured below).<\/p>\n

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\u2018\u2019I later read a news report confirming that, thankfully, there were no injuries. As an already extremely nervous flyer, even the slightest sign of a problem with an aircraft makes me very anxious.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019Our flight was due to depart this morning, but we have yet to be informed when, or if, our aircraft will arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport today. <\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019Safety is paramount, so I would much prefer that all necessary checks are carried out thoroughly, no matter how long it takes.”<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019Despite the incident, we enjoyed a wonderful family holiday in Paris and will do our best not to let this overshadow the experience. Sometimes, these things are simply beyond our control.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for EasyJet said: “EasyJet can confirm that the wing tips of two aircraft came into contact whilst taxiing to the runway at Manchester Airport this morning.<\/p>\n

“The aircraft returned to stand to disembark customers who have been provided with refreshment vouchers whilst replacement aircraft are arranged to operate the flights.<\/p>\n

“We apologise to customers for the delay.<\/p>\n

“The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority.” <\/p>\n

EasyJet added that the flight back to Manchester was now due to leave at 2:20pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Lancaster man says there is \u2018confusion and no information\u2019 at an airport in France after two planes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[27017,27018,27015,27016,27021,2000,299,36,1804,27019,3462,3611,27020,27022,269,27024,9440,27025,27023],"class_list":{"0":"post-346266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-103-5fm","9":"tag-107-5fm","10":"tag-beyond","11":"tag-beyond-radio","12":"tag-carnforth","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-france","16":"tag-lancashire","17":"tag-lancaster","18":"tag-local","19":"tag-local-news","20":"tag-morecambe","21":"tag-morecambe-bay","22":"tag-music","23":"tag-north-lancashire","24":"tag-radio","25":"tag-south-cumbria","26":"tag-station"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115032262432332864","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}