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Mint
12-07-2025
- Mint
Shocking! Passengers of TUI Airways flight to London get stranded at Maine for 17 hours; here's why
Amid several cases of flights being diverted after taking off, a TUI Airways flight – from Mexico's Cancun to London – was diverted to Maine following a pair of butt-huffing bozos puffing cigarettes on board, reported New York Post. The report added that due to this, the passengers were stranded in a 'warzone' at a Maine airport for over 17 hours. The incident took place on 8 July, report NYP, adding, this irked passengers who had no option but to wait for 17 hours at Maine airport due to an unplanned layover. 'Everybody was fed up,' NYP quoted UK native Terry Lawrance as saying to Southwest News Service. Within an hour of taking off from Mexico's Cancun, the pilot of the TUI Airways flight came on the intercom and announced that two passengers had been 'smoking in the toilet' and he'd have to make an unscheduled landing if they persisted. Recounting the incident, Lawrence said that the pair refused to desist and prompted the captain to put his money where his mouth was. 'About three hours later, around the border with Canada and he came on to let us know that the plane was being diverted to Bangor, Maine,' said Lawrence. Right after entering Canadian airspace, flight tracking data on Flightradar24 depicted the plane turning back towards Maine. When the flight landed around 9:30 pm (local time) at Maine, the two smokers were escorted off the plane. 'They were obviously drunk, and he basically assaulted his partner,' recalled Lawrance. After this, the pilot told the passengers that they would soon take off after some paperwork was done. But nobody knew their short pitstop would turn into the layover from hell. 'We were sat on the plane on the ground for five hours — the plane started taxing again and we thought 'great' and then they said there was a problem with flight plan, and we have to get off. Next thing, we're not going anywhere,' he said. Lawrance added that the original crew had to deplane since they couldn't work the rest of the leg back to Gatwick, since they would be exceeding their legal working hours. To sort this issue, a relief flight had to be dispatched from the UK to the US to ferry them to their destination. In the meantime, the passengers had to disembark and stay in a cramped lounge while waiting for the relief flight to arrive. Describing their temporary digs, Lawrance said, as NYP quoted, "It was like free-for-all for vultures. It was like a warzone in a lounge — rows and rows of beds. All our luggage was still on the plane whilst we waited.' A video also showed the stranded passengers lying side by side on mattresses like a scene out of a refugee camp. 'We were there for over 12 hours,' Lawrance lamented. 'We waited six or seven hours before we were offered a drink.'
NDTV
12-07-2025
- NDTV
"Everyone Was Fed Up": Passengers Stuck For 17 Hours As Couple Smokes On Flight
A "disruptive" couple found smoking on a plane forced the captain to divert the flight, leaving passengers stranded in a "warzone" at a Maine airport for more than 17 hours earlier this week. Flight BY49 of TUI Airways left Cancun, Mexico, on July 8 for London Gatwick. Around an hour into the flight, a couple was found smoking cigarettes in the lavatory. The captain warned that they would be forced to divert the flight if the behaviour persisted. Despite the stern words, the smokers continued their act. As a result, the pilot diverted the flight to Bangor International Airport in Maine around three-and-a-half hours later, close to Canadian airspace at 9:30 pm local time. Upon landing, the couple was escorted off. The original crew was unable to proceed to London because they had exceeded their lawful duty-time limit. 'Everybody was fed up,' Terry Lawrance, 66, a UK native, told Southwest News Service. Following the unexpected landing at Bangor, passengers remained seated for an additional five hours, even as the jet taxied to take departure, Mr Lawrance claimed. Due to the US immigration rules and regulations, travellers were unable to exit the terminal. They were directed to a restricted area, which was reportedly a military sector of the airport. Videos showed flyers sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder in what was described as a "warzone lounge" with makeshift airbeds set up, The New York Post reported. 'It was like free-for-all for vultures,' Mr Lawrance described their temporary shelter, before adding, 'There were rows and rows of beds—it was like a war zone in a lounge.' Passengers had to wait 12 to 15 hours to access their belongings before they were even served refreshments. TUI organised for a relief team to be flown in from the United Kingdom. The flight finally took off from Bangor at 3 pm local time on July 9, more than 17 hours after it landed in Maine. They acknowledged that the diversion was required for safety after "disruptive" behaviour occurred on board, as per PEOPLE.
New York Post
11-07-2025
- New York Post
Flyers stranded at airport for 17 hours due to smoking bozos
Their dreams of a smooth flight went up in smoke. Passengers were stranded in a 'warzone' at a Maine airport for over 17 hours after their flight was diverted due to a pair of butt-huffing bozos puffing cigarettes on board. 3 'It was like a warzone in a lounge — rows and rows of beds,' passenger Terry Lawrance said while painting the dismal scene in Bangor, Maine (pictured). Terry Lawrance / SWNS Advertisement 'Everybody was fed up,' UK native Terry Lawrance, 66, told Southwest News Service of the unplanned layover, which occurred July 8 on a TUI Airways flight from Cancun, Mexico, to London, UK. The aircraft had been flying for about an hour when the pilot came on the intercom and announced that two passengers had been 'smoking in the toilet' and that he'd have to make an unscheduled landing if they persisted, Lawrance recalled. Unfortunately, the pair refused to desist, prompting the captain to put his money where his mouth was. Advertisement 'About three hours later, around the border with Canada and he came on to let us know that the plane was being diverted to Bangor, Maine,' recounted Lawrance. Tracking data on Flightradar24 depicts the plane turning back towards Maine, right after entering Canadian airspace. 3 The passengers continued smoking despite a warning from the pilot. Evgenia Parajanian – They landed around 9:30 p.m. that evening, after which the two smokers were escorted off the plane. 'They were obviously drunk, and he basically assaulted his partner,' recalled Lawrance. Advertisement The pilot said they'd be on their way after some paperwork was done, not knowing that their short pitstop would turn into the layover from hell. 'We were sat on the plane on the ground for five hours — the plane started taxing again and we thought 'great' and then they said there was a problem with flight plan, and we have to get off,' he said. 'Next thing, we're not going anywhere.' 3 'It was like free-for-all for vultures,' said Lawrance (pictured). Terry Lawrance / SWNS According to Lawrance, the original crew had to deplane as they couldn't work the rest of the leg back to Gatwick as they'd be exceeding their legal working hours. Advertisement As a result, a relief flight had to be dispatched from the UK to the US to ferry them to their destination. That's when 'it all went pear-shaped,' the traveler recalled. The passengers subsequently had to disembark and stay in a cramped lounge — which Lawrance believed was the military airbase section of the airport — while waiting for the relief flight to arrive. 'It was like free-for-all for vultures,' Lawrance said, describing their temporary digs. 'It was like a warzone in a lounge — rows and rows of beds.' He added, 'All our luggage was still on the plane whilst we waited.' Accompanying footage shows the stranded passengers lying side by side on mattresses like a scene out of a refugee camp. 'We were there for over 12 hours,' Lawrance lamented. 'We waited six or seven hours before we were offered a drink.' Advertisement It wasn't until 3 p.m. the next day that they finally departed — a harrowing 17 and a half hours since they'd touched down in Maine. Thankfully, all the passengers arrived safely in London.
Int'l Business Times
11-07-2025
- Int'l Business Times
'It Was Like a Warzone': Mid-flight Bathroom Misconduct Leaves Passengers Stranded for Hours
A London-bound flight from Cancun turned into a 17-hour travel nightmare after two passengers allegedly smoked in the airplane bathroom, forcing the pilot to divert to the US. Terry Lawrance, 66, who was on the TUI flight to London Gatwick, described scenes of frustration and exhaustion as stranded travelers were eventually kept overnight at Bangor International Airport in Maine. "After an hour the captain came on and said someone had been smoking in the toilet — he read the riot act and said if it continues, we'd have to divert," Lawrance told the Mirror. Despite the warning, the flight was eventually rerouted after another three and a half hours in the air. The accused couple was escorted off the plane. "They were obviously drunk," Lawrance said. Passengers were stuck onboard for an additional five hours after landing as paperwork was handled, only to be told the crew had run out of legally permitted working hours. A new crew had to be flown in from the UK, leaving weary travelers camped out on makeshift airbeds in what Lawrance described as "like a warzone in a lounge," with "rows and rows of beds." "We were there for over 12 was fed up," he said. "It was like a free-for-all for vultures." The relief flight eventually departed the next day, with all passengers now safely home. TUI declined to comment on the incident. Originally published on Latin Times
The Guardian
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The week in TV: Get Millie Black; With Love, Meghan; A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story; Towards Zero
Get Millie Black (Channel 4) | Love, Meghan (Netflix)A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (ITV1) | Zero (BBC One) | iPlayer Well, here's something. New five-part Channel 4 detective drama Get Millie Black, mainly set in Kingston, Jamaica, is the first TV show created and written by Booker-winning Jamaican author Marlon James (A Brief History 0f Seven Killings), and its literary bent is evident from the off. Each episode showcases the internal narrative of a different character. First, the titular heroine (Tamara Lawrance), a study in dualism, one moment speaking in measured English tones (Millie was sent to the UK in her teens), the next in fluent patois. Returning to work as a Kingston police detective after the death of her mother, she must deal with the rage of her transgender sister, Hibiscus (a raw debut from Chyna McQueen), and a case that takes in drugs, violence, homophobia, lingering colonialism, corruption and missing children. This is a drama rich in complexities. In a virtuoso performance, Lawrance holds the centre as the bold, uncompromising Millie Black. White people barely feature, apart from Joe Dempsie's Scotland Yard detective, whom Black dismisses and teases ('He's only a white man, darling. All balls, no cock'). Pretty much every time you meet a new character, they come fully loaded with traits and backstory. When James set out to write this series, he really wrote it. Kingston itself is presented as a volatile contradiction of staggering beauty (blue waters, sandy beaches), bleak reality (poverty, criminality, brutality) and vibrant culture (if you're interested, Get Millie Black's brilliant theme tune is Ring the Alarm by Shanique Marie). There are some energy dips and missteps, not least an untidy tangling of plotlines towards the end, but in the main it's an impressive and original screenplay from James and a star-making turn from Lawrance. Meghan Markle's new eight-part lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan, landed on Netflix in a fragrant detonation of essential oils, edible flowers and homemade beeswax candles. In what may be the last chance for the Sussexes to hang on to their $100m Netflix deal, as well as a curtain-raiser on Meghan's Desperate Trad-Wife merch flogging via her new company, As Ever, the stage was set for lifestyle greatness. Or something. Filmed in radiant Montecito, California, but not at the couple's actual home, the setup involves Meghan receiving different guests each episode (friends, chefs, etc). Thus positioned, she bestows her upcycled Martha Stewart hostess worldview (there's no royal gossip like there was in those documentaries) while wearing stealth-wealth clothes, serving mountainous platters of crudites and banging on about how everything is 'amazing!' and 'exciting!' Despite being postponed from its original release date because of the California fires, with the outside world darkening by the moment and the bulk of Meghan's enthusiasms costing more than most weekly household budgets, With Love, Meghan is TV tone deafness in extremis. The format ('Guests stand at kitchen island making stilted small talk and praising Meghan') could also do with a rethink. The first guest, a makeup artist called Daniel, obligingly turbo-gushes: 'Why does no one present peas like this? They're like little pearls.' However, the next guest, The Office's Mindy Kaling, addresses her hostess as 'Meghan Markle'. 'You know I'm Sussex now,' says the duchess a little sharply (does she give Kaling the stink eye?), quickly adding that it's her children's surname. It's so awful (and brilliant), I'm impressed that Netflix (and Meghan) didn't cut the scene. Elsewhere, her cooking isn't at all bad, and she's not that stiff (she's not above day drinking cocktails with her guests). For some, With Love, Meghan may hit the spot as an escapist irony watch. Others may balk at the interminable lifestyle churn (homemade bath salts, herb picking with trugs). Harry is only briefly wheeled on at the end, like a confused child who's about to be put to bed. A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part drama by Kelly Jones, based on Carol Ann Lee's book A Fine Day for Hanging, marks 70 years since the 1955 execution of 28-year-old Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Ellis, played by Lucy Boynton, never denied shooting her lover, racing car driver David Blakely (Laurie Davidson), but the drama addresses the myriad injustices of her case: Blakely's psychological and physical abuse (he punched Ellis in the stomach, making her miscarry); how the trial was 'rigged' to protect others (including a sleazy type played by Mark Stanley); the fact that Ellis's peroxide-blond hair, nonconformist ways and class ('common little tart') were as much in the dock as the single mum of two. Initially, it's hard to warm to Boynton's chilly, unsympathetic Ellis, whose faux-clipped tones Blakely mocks ('What is your real voice?'). Ellis is too proud – and disturbed – to let her lawyer (Toby Jones) make a proper case for clemency until it's too late. Incidentally, Nigel Havers plays his real-life grandfather, Sir Cecil Havers, the judge who presided over the trial; upset by the death sentence, Havers wrote to the home secretary asking for a reprieve for Ellis, and after her death sent money for her son's upkeep every year. A Cruel Love is marred by crass melodrama, including preparation for the hanging (dangling nooses et al), though arguably the barbarity of capital punishment should be shown. In later episodes, Boynton brings Ellis's humanity and vulnerability to the fore (sitting in her cell doing jigsaws; nervously eating her last breakfast) and it's very powerful. Over on BBC One, Rachel Bennette's adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero kicked off. It's set at the windswept fictional Gull's Point, where Hollywood royalty Anjelica Huston camps it up as a wealthy aristo. Languishing in a vast posh bed, tinkling servant bells, she resembles a haughty pin cushion. Elsewhere, the cast includes Clarke Peters (The Wire) as a lawyer and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts) as a lady's companion, while Matthew Rhys plays a moody sleuth, staggering around clifftops, coat-tails flapping. This three-parter is enjoyable enough (I'm always up for a Christie) but is too febrile, and at one point (spoiler alert) there are highly sexed-up shenanigans atop a staircase involving (don't look, Miss Marple!) heads up skirts. Whatever your thoughts on Agatha Christie, never mistake her for Bridgerton. Star ratings (out of five) Get Millie Black ★★★★With Love, Meghan ★★A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story ★★★Towards Zero ★★★ Pauline Boty: I Am the Sixties(BBC Four) A poignant, revelatory documentary about the 1960s British artist Pauline Boty, who blazed a trail for feminist art and died of cancer at 28, refusing treatment while she was pregnant. The Leopard(Netflix) Intense Italian-language period drama based on Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa's 1958 novel, which also inspired Visconti's 1963 film, about Sicilian aristocrats in the 1860s. Imagine: The Academy of Armando(BBC One)The Thick of It, The Day Today, Alan Partridge, Veep… an in-depth profile of the influential Scottish comedy writer-director Armando Iannucci. Interviewees include Chris Morris, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Peter Capaldi and Jesse Armstrong.
