Mayday on flight due to water issue

A MAYDAY was declared on a flight from Belfast to Edinburgh after a lack of drinking water led to the crew struggling with workloads and mistakes being made, a report said.

A total of 70 passengers and four workers were on the affected Flybe flight last September.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch also said problems with the temperature control system had not been recorded in a paper log on board.

Its report said: “The effectiveness of the crew’s actions was reduced by the high workload resulting from operational factors and by their attempts to deal with the symptoms of a technical issue, which had not been communicated to them.”

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REPORT Flybe flight