Originally Posted by
Matt5
From what I gathered speaking to TUI staff at the airport they were also dealing with a diversion in from Bournemouth too.
TUI had quite the day yesterday in Bournemouth. The first rotation in the morning had a bird strike. A Sunwing from CWL positioned after sunset and flew the passengers out 14 hours late (they spent the day in a hotel in Bournemouth). The return flight operated into CWL instead of BOH. A replacement TUI 737 came in to do the afternoon sector but that went a few hours late and diverted to BHX, which is the one you mention above. Whilst this was happening, 2x TUI 738s diverted to BOH from LGW as well and were on the ground quite some time before they were able to position back to LGW.