Overview

• Manchester Airport confirmed thunderstorms created hazardous conditions on 11 September, prompting holding patterns for inbound flights.
• Three TUI services bound for Manchester — from Thessaloniki, Malta and Corfu — were diverted to Newcastle due to insufficient fuel to continue circling, according to the airport’s account to The Independent.
• The diverted aircraft refuelled at Newcastle and later returned to Manchester, with the airport reporting that normal operations resumed within minutes once the storms passed.
• Flight-tracking data shows the Thessaloniki service eventually landed in Manchester at 5:43pm, more than three hours behind schedule.
• A Royal Jordanian flight from Amman was granted a priority landing at around 2:30pm after reporting low fuel, while earlier local reporting initially cited two TUI diversions.