WILLEMSTAD - The passengers of the TUI flight that made a precautionary landing on Curaçao on Sunday night will fly home on Wednesday afternoon. TUI says in a statement that the repair of the window at the cockpit is taking longer than expected.
The Boeing 787 took off from Bonaire on Sunday night, after which a loud bang was heard. The pilot decided to start the landing because a crack had formed in the windshield. The three hundred passengers had to disembark at Hato Airport.
The passengers were supposed to fly to Amsterdam tonight at 8.45 pm. "It is not yet clear how long the repair of the window will take," said the travel organization. TUI has leased another aircraft to give passengers certainty about the time when they will fly back to the Netherlands. It concerns a Boeing 787 Dreamliner of the Italian airline Neos.
The Dreamliner leaves for Amsterdam on Wednesday afternoon. The travelers are informed by text message.