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brought back to manchester. would be brought back to manchester. then it was the east midlands. and we landed in paris last night! we can show the viewer is the route that you took thanks to one of the flight radar websites. you can see how you took off from manchester, dublin, then rant on about, going all the way to paris.— dublin, then rant on about, going all the way to paris. what was the reaction on _ all the way to paris. what was the reaction on board? _ all the way to paris. what was the reaction on board? to _ all the way to paris. what was the reaction on board? to be - all the way to paris. what was the reaction on board? to be honest, | all the way to paris. what was the l reaction on board? to be honest, at first it was kind of funny. we heard east midlands and we had a bit of a groan, then a bit of a laugh, then we were updated 20 minutes later and they said, we cant get to the uk, so we are going to paris. cheers went up we are going to paris. cheers went up and we all thought we would have a lovely night in paris ahead of us. a young group of students beside me were deciding how to tell on tech talk that they were going to paris. for two hours it was funny, but then
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tiredness kicked in, the batteries were going down on phones, then we were going down on phones, then we were thinking are we actually getting home? it was when we were told that we had to remain on the plane for another two hours, so more than four hours at this stage, then we would temp two go back to dublin, then they said if we could land in dublin we want able to go back to paris or manchester, we were going to cologne. paris or manchester, we were going to coloune. . , ., ., , paris or manchester, we were going to cologne-— to cologne. that is a “ourney and a half! when — to cologne. that is a “ourney and a half! when you _ to cologne. that is a “ourney and a half! when you got — to cologne. that is a journey and a half! when you got to _ to cologne. that is a journey and a half! when you got to paris, - to cologne. that is a journey and a half! when you got to paris, whatl half! when you got to paris, what happened there? was that where you had the two hour sat on the plane? more than that in the end. we were told they were trying to get through told they were trying to get through to dublin to see if we could get to dublin. they updated us with that, we didn't hear anything them for about two hours. god bless the parents on the plane, they had kids, they were very well behaved and they
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were in good form, but after two hours they told us we had to sit in our seats because there was a potential window for us to get back to dublin. they said if anybody wanted to get out of the plane they were welcome to, but there were no flights from paris until wednesday. we then had to sit there for another two hours. i think it was five hours but the time we took off last night. i have been in that situation in america where you are sat on the runway but they won't let you out of your seat in case they suddenly get the command to take off. what was your reaction and the fellow passengers to that pitch? there was a lot of, passengers to that pitch? there was a lot of. are — passengers to that pitch? there was a lot of. are you _ passengers to that pitch? there was a lot of, are you kidding _ passengers to that pitch? there was a lot of, are you kidding me? - passengers to that pitch? there was a lot of, are you kidding me? how. passengers to that pitch? there was i a lot of, are you kidding me? how am i going to get home? how few people were laughing, a few people with their head in their hands. we all became friends in a situation where everybody was thinking, did i hear that right? then we all started
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debating, what happens if we get off here? what happens if you go to cologne? can we get compensated? 0ne young quy cologne? can we get compensated? 0ne young guy i think was quite afraid of flying and he was urging his fans to get off, but they were worried about college and jobs and what would happen if they didn't get back in time. it was a surreal moment. you just go, what is the best option here? sitting on the plane they were telling me i might get home, but i really don't want to go to germany. apps —— as lovely as cologne is, it's not what i want to go! apps -- as lovely as cologne is, it's not what i want to go!- apps -- as lovely as cologne is, it's not what i want to go! when you were in paris. _ it's not what i want to go! when you were in paris, what— it's not what i want to go! when you were in paris, what were _ it's not what i want to go! when you were in paris, what were the - it's not what i want to go! when you were in paris, what were the staff. were in paris, what were the staff like on—board in terms of where their announcements, like on—board in terms of where theirannouncements, did like on—board in terms of where their announcements, did they keep you as best informed as possible? they made an announcement at one point, three hours into the flight and people really wanted answers. they said they had been working since 4am and they were very tired.
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then we felt bad for them. the announcements weren't great, i have to be honest. then the pilot came on and he explained to us about the cologne situation, but what he said we are hoping to get going in the next few minutes, which we took literally. within a breath he then said, up to 2.5 hours, and that is notafew said, up to 2.5 hours, and that is not a few minutes! it seemed that the staff themselves didn't know because they reopened the food and drinks for people to get some for awhile. i heard them talk to each other the plane being refuelled. does that mean you're going to dublin, cologne? they didn't know themselves. i don't know if it was themselves. i don't know if it was the pilot not relying it to them come over theyjust the pilot not relying it to them come over they just very the pilot not relying it to them come over theyjust very good actors pretending didn't know? if they are working from liam, that is a long, long shift.
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working from loam, that is a long, lona shift. ~ .,, working from loam, that is a long, lona shift. ~ ., , long shift. was there any turbulence? _ long shift. was there any turbulence? during - long shift. was there any turbulence? during the l long shift. was there any - turbulence? during the flight, was long shift. was there any _ turbulence? during the flight, was a reasonably calm or could you tell that there was a storm? especially fl in: from that there was a storm? especially flying from manchester— that there was a storm? especially flying from manchester it - that there was a storm? especially flying from manchester it was - that there was a storm? especially flying from manchester it was very| flying from manchester it was very calm. i suppose the irish in me thought they have exaggerated the store back in when it is not as bad, until we got to dublin, then the plane was rocking, it was definitely side to side, winds were very strong, especially the paris flight last night we felt at the most. it was very rocky and i was trying to film it on my phone and my hand was shaking, and so was the camera. definitely throughout the flight we were fine, it was just that landing, you could definitely feel the turbulence and what the pilot had to deal with to try to get us on the ground. deal with to try to get us on the round. �* , ground. i'm interested in the different reactions _ ground. i'm interested in the different reactions on - ground. i'm interested in the different reactions on board. | ground. i'm interested in the - different reactions on board. you being a podcast you get your phone
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out, where there just glued to their seat just out, where there just glued to their seatjust hoping it would all be over? , ,., over? there were definitely some --eole, over? there were definitely some people, particularly _ over? there were definitely some people, particularly the _ over? there were definitely some people, particularly the parents, l people, particularly the parents, hoping it would be over. there was a group of young men who had a phone with a microphone attack so they must pay for deals on tick—tock or something. there were a couple of men from the uk flying to dublin to fly to south africa today and they were very stressed and very worried, but trying to make the best of it. i think the general consensus was everybody was trying to make the best of it. i think people were trying their best. there were a lot of worries and everybody was trying to help each other, which was nice of so if one person started to get a bit freaked out, somebody nearby would have a calm reaction. i think all of us at one stage had a bit of all of us at one stage had a bit of a freak out, but the film is going dead didn't help.— a freak out, but the film is going dead didn't help. what about the end when ou dead didn't help. what about the end when you take _ dead didn't help. what about the end when you take land _ dead didn't help. what about the end when you take land back— dead didn't help. what about the end when you take land back after- dead didn't help. what about the end when you take land back after the - when you take land back after the nine plus hours, that should have
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been the 45 minute flight? i recorded that moment and i had about 7% battery. it took awhile to get onto the ground, but when we did the cheers went up as if we had just scored the winning goal in the world cup. it was incredible. the whole place was cheering. as the crew announced welcome to dublin, again, announced welcome to dublin, again, a big right each year. every was in shock that we made it every in germany! shock that we made it every in german ! ~ . shock that we made it every in germany!— shock that we made it every in german l~ . , , ., germany! we are “ust showing the ictures germany! we are “ust showing the pictures that-s — germany! we are just showing the pictures that's due _ germany! we are just showing the pictures that's due to _ germany! we are just showing the pictures that's due to touchdown. | germany! we are just showing the l pictures that's due to touchdown. a lot of relief then pulled from duty and probably the crew, as well. yeah, they must have been exhausted. we were very stressed because we didn't know what was going on, but if you're working and don't know what is going on and being constantly asked, then you are running out of food and drinks and at one stage there were worries that there was no water left, very little
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hot food left. they managed to try and get as much of it out as they could. some of us was reviving on kept cats at one stage! fair play to the crew, it would have been better if we had more announcements, but i think theyjust didn't have the answers. they looked as relieved as we were and they were cheering and thanking everybody for being so kind. they thanked everyone for being patient. and i suppose not rioting in the aisles! nicola, thank you very much for telling your story. she states more cam than i probably would have done! traveljournalist, simon calder, told us there's been both cancellations and some unusual diversions.
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tens of thousands of people waking up this morning where they didn't expect to be. many of those will be people whose flights were simply cancelled. we saw well over 100 of those yesterday at heathrow alone. however, there were also some extraordinary diversions. for example, the short hop from manchester to dublin normally takes half an hour. well, except that it couldn't land at dublin and was diverted to beauvais, a small town in northern france. now, the thing is that ryanair insists that all passengers crossing the irish sea have passports, even though the law doesn't. so, therefore, they are allowed to get out of the airport and into hotels. unlike the passengers on easyjet. flight 319 took off yesterday afternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock from edinburgh. simply going to bristol — an easy one—hour hop. it flew around over the severn for about half an hour and then diverted to paris charles de gaulle. now, of course, for a domestic flight, you do not need a passport. and so loads of passengers on it simply spent the night at the terminal. they're not allowed into france without id. some of them did have their passports or eu national id cards and so they could get to a hotel.
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but the rest of them are just sort of waiting there until some plane can take them, presumably, across to bristol or to edinburgh. and we've got loads of cancellations today, i'm afraid. worst hit is heathrow. lots of early flights to places such as istanbul, frankfurt, amsterdam, halifax in canada cancelled because the planes couldn't get in yesterday. british airways has, i calculate, 22 cancellations in and out of heathrow today. and on top of that, there's i6 cancellations at london city airport, which had a dreadful time yesterday, as well. actually, most of the other airports are looking 0k, apart from the scottish ones, where there were lots of problems yesterday — edinburgh and glasgow. so there's odd cancellations. and if you're flying on loganair, the airline says a couple of cancellations from orkney to edinburgh and to aberdeen, and you'll be able to postpone your journey if you're booked today till later in the week to be a bit more certain.
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you can get the very latest in the aftermath of the storm on the bbc news life page. an 84—year—old man has died in a car crash in grangemouth. luckily the other people in the car were not injured. now it's time to take a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we've seen quite a bit of disruption due to storm isha, which is now pulling away into the norwegian sea, but we also had some strong gusts of wind, in capel curig 90mph gusts, brizlee wood, which is in northumberland, 99mph an hourgusts of wind, and in edinburgh 74mph gusts of wind. for the rest of today it is going to be very windy, but very slowly the winds will start to moderate. we're looking at sunshine
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and blustery showers. you can telljust from isobars that it's windy. the showers continuing, some of them wintry in the mountains of scotland. elsewhere, you could hear the odd rumble of thunder, see some hail, but there will also be some sunshine, as well. as we go through the afternoon, temperatures peaking around about i! degrees in the south, seven or eight in the north, so it's going to be a little bit chillier than it was yesterday. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we start off with a lot of showers, but eventually most of them will fade and we'll have some clear skies, allowing some frost and the risk of ice to form across parts of scotland and northern england. then we've got the next area of low pressure coming our way, introducing thicker cloud, some heavier rain and the wind will also strengthen. as we go through the course of tomorrow, that area of low pressure moves from the west towards the east. you can see from isobars, wherever you are, it's going to be windy, but we don't expect this one to be as impactful as storm isha was. nonetheless, it's going to bring in some heavy rain, exacerbating the risk of flooding, with some transient snow
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in the hills in scotland. it's going to be windy, as well. milder, though — six in the north, but widely we're looking at i! to 14 degrees. tuesday into wednesday, that area of low pressure continues to pull away towards scandinavia. still a windy day during the course of wednesday, but as this ridge of high pressure starts to develop from the west things will settle down. we're looking at a mostly dry day on wednesday with a few showers eventually becoming confined to the north and the west, but later in the day you'll find more cloud and some drizzly, murky conditions coming in across parts of the south and the south—west, with highs up to 12 degrees. beyond that, the outlook remains fairly changeable. we will have fronts coming in from the atlantic bringing in wet and windy conditions at times, but equally there will be some sunny spells.
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live from london. this is bbc news.
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families of israeli hostages storm the knesset in protest at the government's failure to bring their loved ones home. meanwhile israeli forces continue their bombardment of gaza. a man has died as a result of storm isha as it sweeps across the uk, leaving thousands of people without power and causing widespread disruption. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has inaugurated a hindu temple on a disputed site in ayodhya where a mosque was torn down three decades ago. hello, i'm maryam moshiri, welcome to bbc news now — families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was meeting to deliberate while their children
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were still in captivity. they are demanding more action from the government to secure

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