Family left stranded in Spain for five days after easyJet flight gets cancelled last minute

A family have found themselves stranded in Spain for five days after easyJet cancelled their flight. Sandra Niemczyk and her family's flight from Alicante to Manchester was called off at the last minute leaving them stuck in the sunny resort for longer than expected.

The family had spent an Easter getaway with extended family in Alicante, but when the party of seven were about about to board their 9.20pm EZY2016 flight back to Manchester on April 13, they were told that the plane would no longer take off thanks to disruptive passengers.

This left Sandra, husband Victor, 57, and daughter Lucy, 27 - along with her brother, sister-in-law, nephew and her nephew's girlfriend - stuck in Spain with around 300 other passengers, and no idea when they would be getting home.

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EasyJet staff said that their plane couldn't fly due to an incident on the incoming flight, which saw police meet the aircraft at the airport.

Since then they have been frantically trying to find alternative flights but the earliest they could get with space for all seven of them was on April 18 - five days after they originally planned to return home.

While Sandra and her family, who live in Stoke-on-Trent, have been able to stay at her brother's accommodation in Alicante, other passengers have not been so lucky and have been forced to sleep on the airport floor.

Sandra, 57, told StokeonTrentLive: "Initially the flight kept saying delayed. There were lots of people queuing to board but then it was cancelled.

"Due to the issues on the way out, we were told staff needed a 10-hour break and that we could come back in the morning. But then they cancelled the flight altogether. In the end