Stranded holiday-makers tell of Cyprus airport ordeal

Hundreds of exhausted holidaymakers arrived at Dublin airport today after they were stranded in Cyprus for more than 36 hours.

Stranded holiday-makers tell of Cyprus airport ordeal
Tue, 23 Aug, 2005 - 08:07

Hundreds of exhausted holidaymakers arrived at Dublin airport today after they were stranded in Cyprus for more than 36 hours.

They had been due to leave the Mediterranean island at 7am on Sunday but were left stranded after their Helios Airways flight failed to take off from Pathos Airport.

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