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Passengers left 'crying' after Ryanair flight accidentally takes off leaving 50 people behind
Dozens of Ryanair passengers found themselves abandoned in Greece after their aircraft bound for London Luton took off without them. The Athens departure left between 20 and 50 travellers stranded at the airport, unable to make their flight home to the UK. Ryanair attributed the incident to hold-up...
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What happenedThe budget flight from Athens to Luton left dozens stranded at the airport in sweltering temperatures.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Passengers left 'crying' after Ryanair flight accidentally takes off leaving 50 people be...". The right frames it as "Ryanair passengers left stranded 3,000 miles away from home after pilot left 50 holidayma...".
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Left / center-leftPassengers left 'crying' after Ryanair flight accidentally takes off leaving 50 people behind
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Right / center-rightRyanair passengers left stranded 3,000 miles away from home after pilot left 50 holidaymakers behind
Ryanair passengers left stranded 3,000 miles away from home after pilot left 50 holidaymakers behind
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Dozens of Ryanair passengers found themselves abandoned in Greece after their aircraft bound for London Luton took off without them. The Athens departure left between 20 and 50 travellers s...
