The TAP plane, which was due to take off from Lisbon on Saturday at 9.20am bound for Terceira Island in the Azores, spent 15 hours circling “due to adverse weather conditions” and ended early on Sunday morning. , making its second landing in Lisbon. For the passengers, the journey was far from over: they arrived in Lajes only on Sunday evening.
As TAP explained, on Saturday “the first flight was due to return to Lisbon, passengers disembarked and were offered food.” A second flight then took off, but “had to head to Ponta Delgada” where it refueled. After this, since he was unable to land at Lajes, he returned to Lisbon.
On Sunday, two flights (carrying some of these passengers) landed in Ponta Delgada and only later in Lajes due to fog.
Author: João Saramago
Source: CM Jornal
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