A British Airways flight from London made a surprise stop in Scotland when it was supposed to land in Germany.
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The error was traced to wrong documentation for the flight plan, BBC 好色先生TV reported on Monday, March 25.
Passengers were surprised when, upon landing, they were told, 鈥淲elcome to Edinburgh,鈥� with many thinking it was a joke.
The pilot asked who wanted to go to D眉sseldorf and all raised their hands, leaving the entire crew confused.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think anyone on board has signed up for this mystery travel lottery,鈥澛爐weeted passenger Son Tran (@sontrantuan) to British Airways.
Passengers were stuck in the plane on the tarmac for two and a half hours before it headed to D眉sseldorf.
British Airways had hired German charter airline WDL Aviation for their services in a leasing deal. WDL submitted the wrong flight plan the night before the service, and this was what the pilot and air traffic control followed.
The German company said in a statement, 鈥滱t no time has the safety of passengers been compromised. We flew the passengers on the flight with number BA3271 to D眉sseldorf after the involuntary stopover in Edinburgh.鈥�
WDL said it was working with authorities to investigate the mix-up.聽聽Ni帽a V. Guno /ra
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