A CAPTAIN fled his plane on HIS OWN after an explosion before take-off and abandoned his passengers and crew.
Brits say the pilot did a “full
Costa Concordia” by escaping the burning aircraft FIRST without stopping to help anyone else after an “almighty bang” at the rear.
3Brits were stuck on a plane that was on fire while they captain fled
3One holidaymaker said the captain did a 'full Costa Concordia' - referring to the Italian cruise ship captain who abandoned ship while it sunkChaos broke out on the
flight as it prepared to take off from
Barcelona when a burning smell and smoke started to fill the cabin of the
Spanish budget airline Vueling flight.
As panicked stewards raced up and down the aisle, families watched in shock as the pilot raced out of the cockpit, opened the side door and ran off the aircraft without stopping.
Gobsmacked Andrew Benion, 50, who was among hundreds of Britons on the flight to
Birmingham, said: “It was completely shocking.
“Nearly everyone on the plane is British and everyone was belting up.
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