Airline plays down two evacuations

AIRLINE officials have insisted there were no safety issues involved in the evacuation of passengers from two separate planes on the same route in the space of five days.

Sixty passengers had to disembark the Cork to Manchester flight as it was preparing for take-off at Cork Airport yesterday morning after fuel was found dripping from a tank.

That followed a bigger drama last Thursday when the reverse flight from Manchester to Cork had to return to Manchester after take-off when an indicator warning light flashed in the cockpit.