Flights to and from the airport suffered major disruptions as while workmen frantically dealt with the hole in the main runway.
PASSENGERS were left stranded after Gatwick was forced to divert and cancel scores of planes – after a pothole opened in the runway.
Flights to and from the airport suffered major disruptions as while workmen frantically dealt with the hole in the middle of the main runway.
Flights diverted and cancelled from Gatwick airport after runway shuts due to hole in the runway PA
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Passengers were left stranded after planes were diverted from Gatwick aiport when a pothole opened in the runway
Thousands of passengers were left stranded airside, while 17 flights were diverted to other airports.
Many passengers took to social media to complain about the disruptions, on Sunday.
Angelica Malin said: "Our flight to @Gatwick_Airport has landed in Stansted because of a hole on the runway… Interesting."
17 planes were diverted to other airports including Bournemouth, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Nottingham.
