- A Eurowings flight from Germany couldn't land in Norway due to high winds.
- The Airbus A320 diverted to Finland in the hope that the weather would calm down.
- The winds only got stronger, so the 120 passengers ended up back in Düsseldorf.
More than 100 passengers endured an eight-hour flight to nowhere with two diversions after strong winds prevented some planes from landing in northern Norway.
Eurowings Flight 9250 was scheduled to be a three-and-a-half-hour journey from Düsseldorf, Germany to Tromsø, Norway.
However, as it approached the Arctic city, air traffic control reported wind speeds were above the maximum limit for a safe landing, an airline spokesperson told Business Insider.
Data from Flightradar24 shows how the Airbus A320 then turned southeast to Rovaniemi, Finland, about 30 minutes away.
The plane waited in Rovaniemi for about an hour, hoping the weather would improve, before setting off again, the Eurowings spokesperson said.
"Unfortunately, the second attempt also failed due to the weather, so the pilots decided to fly back to the base in Düsseldorf," they added.
Passengers were given hotel accommodation, or those who lived nearby went home, Eurowings said. There were 120 passengers and six crew on board.
Another flight operated by the airline took off from Tromsø on Sunday morning — suggesting passengers arrived around 16 hours later than initially scheduled.
"Several airlines were affected by the weather situation in northern Norway and Tromsø on Saturday — around a dozen landings could not be carried out as planned," the Eurowings spokesperson said.
Eurowings is Lufthansa's budget carrier, based in Düsseldorf. It was formed in 1993 and Lufthansa took a stake in 2001.
This is far from the first time that strong winds have caused difficulties for passengers.
In February, a Neos flight bound for Iceland diverted to Scotland after strong winds prevented two landing attempts.
A month earlier, there were at least two flights to nowhere as Storm Éowyn brought dangerously high winds to some parts of the UK and Ireland.
And last year, Ryanair passengers flying less than 200 miles from England to Ireland were diverted to Paris due to a storm.
