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How a two-hour flight became a 23-hour ordeal for Mallorca easyJet passengers after medical diversion

How a two-hour flight became a 23-hour ordeal for Mallorca easyJet passengers after medical diversion

Exclusive: ‘People arrived at the hotel only to find there were not enough rooms for all,’ said one passenger

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