Planes are stuck on the tarmac at Lisbon airport amid a failure with the fuel pumping system.
Portugal’s flagship carrier, TAP, said there were 14 of its planes on the ground and all planes without fuel were unable to take off. Some flights have been cancelled.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Due to a failure at Lisbon Airport, all flights from various airlines are constrained.
Brussels Airlines flight SN3819 towards Lisbon was forced to divert to Porto airport this evening.
The airport authority admitted it did not know when the problem would be resolved.
But passengers have taken to Twitter to complain.
Lisbon airport flights blocked due to a fuel system problem. Only one??!!!! Why can not come the flights with enough fuel to return??? pic.twitter.com/hXkqApHWXJ
— Juan Salvador (@JuanSUbeira) May 10, 2017
Sat on the plane for two hours!! #Lisbonairport been told the fuel pump is slow! Eventually they said they’re out of fuel
— Laila (@lldreamz) May 10, 2017
Still waiting at Lisbon Airport. Still no information if we need to wait or can go #LisbonAirport
— Sharona (@Surijantie) May 10, 2017
