RHODES: Tourists abandon luggage and passports in frantic bolt from wildfires

Touching down at 9.15am, this Tui flight from Rhodes to Birmingham wasn't scheduled – instead, the first of several emergency repatriation services scrambled to rescue British tourists. 124 passengers were onboard – some too upset to talk, but those who could described a terrifying situation. Some people have been forced to sleep on the floor … Continue reading RHODES: Tourists abandon luggage and passports in frantic bolt from wildfires