Holidaymakers in search of winter sun found themselves plunged into a nightmare after the cockpit of their jet from Manchester to Barbados reportedly filled with smoke.
The Virgin Atlantic A330-300, registration G-VKSS, took off from Manchester Airport at around 1pm before it issued a squawk emergency call 20 minutes later.
Flight VS77 then turned around and returned to the airport during its journey over the Irish sea en route to the Barbados capital Bridgetown, reporting a technical issue.
Pilots are said to have informed air traffic controllers of 'dense and https://vc77.plus acrid smell of smoke' as they turned the jet around.
They brought it back onto the ground safely at around 1.50pm, where it was met by several fire engines.
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