Northern lights: Easyjet pilot turns plane around to show passengers spectacle

EasyJet pilot dims cabin lights and turns flight around to treat flyers to ‘incredible’ Northern Lights

EasyJet pilot dims cabin lights and circles plane mid-air to treat flyers to ‘incredible’ view of Northern Lights MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM: The Northern Lights have always been a fascinating and beautiful sight that everyone must see at least once, and a pilot driving a plane understood it perfectly as he made a 360-degree turn in the middle of his flight so his passengers could get a look! At a time when planes turning around due to horrid …

Pilots’ northern lights detour delights passengers

Passenger planes have been making unscheduled loops over Europe this week, hunting aurora.

Pilot does 360 turn to give all passengers a glimpse of Northern Lights

The easyJet pilot turned 360 degrees over the ocean in order to give the people on board a chance to see the 'incredible' phenomenon

Easyjet pilot turns plane around to give passengers better view of northern lights

Pilot performs 360-degree turn during flight from Reykjavik to Manchester

Pilot makes 360-degree turn to allow passengers watch northern lights

The controlled detour to the west of the Faroe Islands took just less than 10 minutes and occurred shortly after 8.30 pm on Monday.

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