Apologies for starting a new thread but couldn’t find the easyJet one…
Noticed this afternoon a heavily delayed LTN departure to JER. FR24 showed the aircraft had taken off at 13:35 for a 13:00 STD, flew all the way to JER and then had a missed approach and flew back to LTN. Nothing necessarily strange in that, could be weather, ATC restrictions etc that caused the divert back to LTN. Upon checking the easyJet website however, it states this,
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We’re sorry that your flight has been delayed. This is because of a technical issue that needs to be inspected by our engineers. This can take between 30 minutes to two hours. The safety of you and our crew is our highest priority and we thank you for your patience while we complete the necessary checks. We'll update you as soon as we know more
The disruption to your flight is outside of our control and is considered to be an extraordinary circumstance.”
Unless I’m missing something, would they fly the aircraft to destination, decide they had a technical issue and return back to LTN? Seems like a way for easyJet to avoid paying any compensation but happy to be proven otherwise.
