I'm Not Allowed To Land In Fog'

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A pilot with more than 30 years experience has been forced to turn his plane around - because he was not qualified to land in fog. Skip related content

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Passengers on the 8.45am Flybe flight to Paris were just minutes away from landing at their destination when they were told they would have to go all the way back to Cardiff.

One passenger from Bristol missed a job interview in France because of the incident.

Cassandra Grant explained: "Twenty minutes outside Paris, the captain said, 'Unfortunately I'm not qualified to land the plane in Paris.

"'They are asking for a level two qualification and I only have a level five. We'll have to fly back.'"

A spokeswoman for the airline said Flybe backed the pilot's decision "100 per cent".

He had recently switched from flying a Bombardier Q300 to a Bombardier Q400 and has not completed the "requisite low-visibility training," she said.

The dense fog covering Charles de Gaulle airport had not been there when the flight took off, she added.

The plane was already three hours late due to bad weather in Wales.

The pilot's situation is "quite unusual but probably not unheard of," according to the Civil Aviation Authority.

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

Surely he shouldnt have been flying then. What if it was foggy back in Cardiff. ?

Some of these budget airlines are well dodgy, dont get me started on Ryanair.....

[Kez 2,727]

Well maybe he should be trained to fly in all weather... makes sense no?

[.Cee 50]

Surely he shouldnt have been flying then. What if it was foggy back in Cardiff. ?

Some of these budget airlines are well dodgy, dont get me started on Ryanair.....

Yeah, same thing here. Too many of these dodgy airlines crashes and have too many tech problems...

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

Yeah, same thing here. Too many of these dodgy airlines crashes and have too many tech problems...

Russian and African ones are the best if you fancy an early death

[terry26 6]

hey

well surely they are trained in all weather conditions so that this doesn't happen - idiots !!!

[.Cee 50]

Russian and African ones are the best if you fancy an early death

Oh, well, I was talking about the Indonesian ones...

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

Oh, well, I was talking about the Indonesian ones...

OK. Spill the beans on JakartaJet then .

[.Cee 50]

OK. Spill the beans on JakartaJet then .

The charter?

I wish I'm rich enough to be able to book one when I went to London.