A passenger on board a flight into
Newquay Airport this afternoon has described passengers' "gasps and nervous laughter" after an aborted landing was followed by a 'spicy' touchdown.
Matt Fisher was on the flight from Manchester earlier today, which suffered a heavy landing on the second attempt. He said: "The plane was already late taking off from Manchester.
The pilot had to abort the first landing and then he came in for the second landing and hit the runway very hard. I was under the impression that one of the passengers was hurt during the landing, but I can’t be sure. When we were picking up our bags we saw that the next flight on the plane that we had come in on was delayed due to technical problems. Then the flight was cancelled entirely."
It is thought that the plane received some damage. He said the flight was delayed at Manchester due to an "admin" problem.
Th Matt added: "It was due to take off at 10.20am from Manchester, but instead it left at 11.55am. It got into
Newquay at around 1.30pm. The pilot warned us that the landing would be a bit ‘spicy’ – he said on a curry level it would be a jalfrezi, but it was much spicier than that. When he aborted the first landing we knew we were in safe hands. There was no real fear until we hit the deck.
There were lots of gasps and nervous laughter. Taking off and landing was turbulent, but it was fine during the cruise because we were above it."
A spokesman for Newquay Airport said: "We can confirm that there has been a ground incident at Cornwall Airport Newquay today. The incident is currently being investigated."
A spokesman for Flybe said: "Flybe can confirm it is investigating a possible tail strike that occurred on landing in adverse weather conditions at Cornwall Newquay Airport earlier today. All 56 passengers disembarked safely as normal when the aircraft arrived on stand."