TUI flight from Brussels on its way to Cancun and Havana has been in Nantes for 5 hours after emergency landing | Abroad

“It is a flight to Havana and Cancun that had to land at Nantes in France because of a medical intervention,” TUI spokesman Piet Demeyere told HLN.

Staff on board the flight cannot fly to Havana and Cancun for safety reasons, Demeyere said. “Due to the loss of time, the crew will not be able to carry out the entire flight and the plane will therefore have to return to Brussels for a new crew who will only then start working.”

The plane had not long been en route when it turned around to land in Nantes, in western France. This can be seen on Flightradar24, a website that tracks aircraft flights.

“There was a medical emergency that required a passenger to disembark. Apparently that person was in serious condition. He was taken off board fairly quickly and we have been waiting here for five hours since then.” That is what a passenger tells our editors. He contacted us via 4040, the place for news tips from HLN and VTM NIEUWS.

The flight departed from Zaventem at a quarter to eight and landed in France around half past nine. “We really get very little information. They say they’re planning to let us fly on. They don’t know how long it will take.”

The passengers have been told that they can get off the plane to wait more comfortably in the airport. “Everyone is still resigned to the situation. Here around me there is no one to bother. Everyone understands the original cause as well. The atmosphere is still good,” the passenger tells us.