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Whoops – wrong airport

Mar 30, 2006

When travelling, I always have this slight worry that I’ll end up at the wrong place. It seems that this risk is increased with Ryanair – the pilot on one of their flights got confused and landed at the wrong airport.

It’s difficult for passengers to get on the wrong plane, but I suppose no-one checks the pilot’s ticket or passport. A few years ago I was sitting onboard a Virgin 747 at Heathrow waiting for the plane to leave for Hong Kong. Then the pilot and co-pilot emerged from the cockpit in something of a hurry. Apparently they had got on the wrong plane by mistake. Ooops.

Even less interestingly, I was once on a bus in London that went the wrong way. The passengers noticed very quickly, but it’s not easy to do a 3-point turn in a double-decker bus…

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5 responses to “Whoops – wrong airport”

Argleblaster

Mar 31, 2006

An easy mistake to make in Northern Ireland. The only noticeable difference between civilian and military installations in those fine provinces of the Kingdom is that the former host more armed personell than the latter.

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fumier

Mar 31, 2006

I have been to several countries where they drive on the wrong side of the road.

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BWG

Mar 31, 2006

Better to land at the wrong airport than to not land properly at the right airport.

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CulturalSnow

Apr 2, 2006

A friend once took an internal flight in Russia. After a delay of about 30 minutes, the pilot came out of thee cockpit and announced that unless the passengers gave him some cash ($$$, natch) to make up for his unpaid salary, he was going down the pub instead.

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City Rat

Apr 7, 2006

I thought the bus driver was going the wrong way once. Turned out I had got on the bus on the wrong side of the road.

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