Heard that the MCV was not broken, but that a someone from the BMI Maint. in BGI had accedently had flicked a switch into test mode on the engineers panel that won't allow the engines to start-up. Bythe time the engineer found out what was wrong, the crew was already at the duty limit.
BMI passengers boarded are down a whopping 15.6%
Load factor is down 6.3% compared to the previos year.