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"Mutiny" of 150 French passengers who refused to leave with an Alexandair flight

Heraklion, Crete - "We do not want to be embarked on this plane that was forced to make an emergency landing at Milan"

They should be embarked on the same McDonnell Douglas MD-82 of Greek airline Alexandair that has been forced to an emergency landing at Milan-Malpensa air station last August 11 due to an engine failure (see for details AVIONEWS). Flight AXN 143 should have to bring back in France 150 persons who had passed their vacations in the island of Crete: it seems that passengers complained after that the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 125548
Rome, Italy, 08/23/2005 13:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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