Jet2 flight from Paphos in Sofia emergency landing

A JET2 flight departing from Paphos airport on Thursday had to make an emergency landing en route to the U.K. after losing cabin pressure, the Daily Mail reported.

Nobody on board was injured, although oxygen masks were deployed due to the pressure loss. The aircraft’s destination was Newcastle.

After the incident, the aircraft diverted to Sofia airport. According to passenger accounts quoted by the Daily Mail, the aircraft dropped “thousands of feet in minutes.”

Passengers boarded a replacement flight to Newcastle the following morning.

A Jet 2 spokesman was reported as saying: “Flight LS516 from Paphos to Newcastle diverted to Sofia airport as a precautionary measure due to a technical issue. The aircraft landed safely and passengers returned to Newcastle on a replacement aircraft early this morning.”

“We would like to apologise to passengers for any inconvenience this may have caused.”

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