Jet2 plane diverted due to 'technical issue'

A passenger jet flying from Leeds Bradford Airport had to be diverted to Manchester Airport because of a "technical issue", the operator has said.

Jet2 flight LS245, which was flying to Split in Croatia, was diverted after 20 minutes, passengers said.

The operator said the aircraft requested a "priority landing" and touched down safely.

Customers were transferred to another flight for Croatia, which took off at around 09:00 BST.

Sophie Spyropoulos, of Jet2, said: "We can confirm that flight LS245 followed standard operating procedure and requested a priority landing at Manchester Airport this morning due to a technical issue.

"The aircraft landed safely and customers were transferred on to a replacement aircraft that took off shortly after 09:00 BST.

"We do of course apologise for the delay to the start of their holidays.”

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