Passengers endured a mind-numbing 32-hour flight to nowhere after a journey to Greece suffered so many delays the pilot gave up and flew home.
The Condor flight DE1234 embarked on what was meant to be a routine flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Heraklion, Crete, on May 24 before the chaos unfolded.
Despite departing around 30 minutes late, the flight appeared to be running smoothly, and after two hours into the 1,198-mile flight, the plane began its initial descent to the Greek island.
But the aircraft's landing was disrupted by powerful winds which forced it to circle around for a period of time before the pilot decided to divert the flight to Athens and refuel.
The flight touched down in the Greek capital at 11:24am local time - three hours after it had originally left Zurich.
