The Latest Breaking News from Gran Canaria

Dan Boyle, 31, needs a specialist medical flight to get back home and friends are raising funds

(This May 26 story has been refiled to remove the reference to Maleno as Morocco-based in paragraph 10)

Stacey Young spent £2,000 on a trip to Gran Canaria for her family but said she will never fly with Tui again

The TUI flight to Gran Canaria returned to Newcastle mid-flight after the pilot became ill, meaning holidaymakers were delayed almost 17 hours

Flight TOM1172 left Glasgow on Monday night at around 5pm and was bound for Tenerife when extreme turbulence forced the pilot to divert the flight to neighbouring island, Gran Canaria.

It was diverted a short time into the flight after a member of the crew became ill

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The flight to Gran Canaria took off from Edinburgh shortly after 9am on Wednesday morning.

The Jet2 flight to Gran Canaria took off on Wednesday morning, March 15, but was forced to abandon its flight path shortly after take-off due to a fault. Jet2 apologised to passengers caught up in the delay.