{"id":694061,"date":"2026-01-13T22:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694061\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:31:23","slug":"easyjet-flight-evacuated-after-plane-wing-strikes-light-before-take-off-from-edinburgh-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694061\/","title":{"rendered":"EasyJet flight evacuated after plane wing strikes light before take-off from Edinburgh Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An easyJet flight from Edinburgh was evacuated on Wednesday after a plane wing struck a light prior to take-off. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The airline said the damage occurred when the wing came into contact with a temporary light.<\/p>\n<p>The plane, which was scheduled to fly to Bristol, returned to the stand, and all passengers disembarked into the terminal while a replacement aircraft was arranged.<\/p>\n<p>No passengers or crew were injured.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, easyJet said: \u201cWe can confirm that flight EZY218 from Edinburgh to Bristol this afternoon was delayed on departure after one of the aircraft\u2019s wings experienced some minor damage during pushback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aircraft returned to stand and customers disembarked into the terminal while we arranged a replacement aircraft to operate the flight, which has now departed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused by the delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An easyJet flight from Edinburgh was evacuated on Wednesday after a plane wing struck a light prior to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-694061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115890165179366402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694061","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=694061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}