I understand from the British Consulate staff at Sanford on Saturday, that the XL 767/2 stuck there was actually taxiing out when the news of XL's failure broke on Friday 12th September. The aircraft was immediately surrounded by Police vehicles and escorted back to the stand and passengers dis-embarked.
We were among the lucky ones. We flew home to LGW the following day (Saturday) on Luz Air's L1011 Tristar 500 operating a repatriation flight on behalf of Monarch. To say the flight (and the aircraft!) was "basic" is an understatement, but we were all glad to be on board and heading home.