Champagne Cork Grounds easyJet Flight

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The champagne was flowing but so was the oxygen and that meant an easyJet flight from Gatwick to Turkey spent seven hours on the ground in Milan. The aircraft was taking holiday makers to a Turkish resort when a flight attendant did her best to add to the festive atmosphere. But in uncorking a fresh bottle of bubbly she lost control of the cork and it flew with enough force to hit the ceiling in the rear galley, according to the Sun newspaper. For reasons that aren’t clear, the impact caused the crew oxygen masks to drop down and that’s when the champagne flight turned sour for the vacationers.

Although the flight attendants apparently thought it was funny at first, the alert in the cockpit didn’t amuse the folks up front. The captain was soon on the PA system with an announcement that undoubtedly fell flat with the passengers. “The pilot then came on to apologise and said: ‘We’ve got to divert to Milan to have it repaired because we can’t fly with the masks hanging down,'” an anonymous passenger told the newspaper. “We had to wait for them to fix it and refuel, before starting the journey again.” The official word from easyJet came in this form: “EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY8845 from London Gatwick to Dalaman on August 7 diverted to Milan Malpensa as a precautionary measure due to a technical issue with the cabin crew oxygen masks. In line with safety procedures the captain took the correct decision to divert so that the cabin crew oxygen masks could be reset. The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority. We would like to apologise for the delay and any inconvenience caused.”

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