Wizz Air ‘dumps’ plane full of passengers 200 miles from destination at 3am

Wizz Air passengers were "dumped" 200 miles from London Gatwick and were told to find their own way home after a flight from Tel Aviv docked in Doncaster instead.

Travellers flying back on the flight say they forked out hundreds of pounds on taxis to travel home "in the middle of the night" after they were left stranded.

Passengers say the flight, which was due to leave at 9.25pm, was delayed until after midnight, and as a result missed its slot to land at Gatwick.

Those on board were informed that the plane would instead be landing in Luton, but no slots were available there either.

The plane ended up landing in Doncaster with no alternative travel arranged for passengers, who reported that there were "no Wizz Air staff to be seen" upon arrival.

Asya, who travelled with her toddler, said: "It's been awful. I've never had an experience like this. I don't understand how an airline can leave people in the middle of the night and not provide them with anything other than a bottle of water.

"We landed at about 3.15am at Doncaster but were supposed to land at 1am at Gatwick."

One Twitter user said: "@wizzair literally dumped a full plane from tel Aviv in Doncaster Sheffield instead of Gatwick and told us to find our own way home. It's cold and there are no taxis anywhere. Incredibly shameful."

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Shachaf Karvat spoke of the terrible journey with The Mirror, saying: "As soon as we landed in Doncaster they closed the doors and disappeared basically. We never saw the crew again, there was no one from Wizz Air.

"No one expected 200 passengers in the middle of the night would land in Doncaster.

"There were families with babies and young children and people with connecting flights who missed their connection."

Shachaf says he ended up sharing a taxi home which was £260 by the time he was dropped off.

Daily Star reached out to Wizz Air for comment.

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