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Britain
Mix-up: British Airways plane lands in Scotland, not Germany
2019-03-26
[News10] The flight on Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized that their plane had landed in both the wrong city and the wrong country.

The British Airways flight from London City Airport was supposed to head to Duesseldorf, Germany, but ended up in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

The airline said Monday the problem started when an incorrect flight plan was filed by WDL Aviation, which operated the flight on behalf of British Airways. Officials say the pilot followed the flight plan for Edinburgh, and that air traffic control officials also were following the same flight plan and saw nothing amiss.

WDL aviation said it was trying to determine the cause of the "obviously unfortunate mix-up."

The flight was refueled and set off again, this time directly to Duesseldorf.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  London City airport is about 1km east of the Greenwich meridian.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-26 20:49  

#9  F*ck it! Let's golf!
Posted by: Glasing Untervehr4432   2019-03-26 19:41  

#8  The pilots just wanted some good, single malt Scotch.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2019-03-26 19:01  

#7  OK, tell me again: is + longitude east or west of that prime meridian thing in Greenland?
Posted by: SteveS   2019-03-26 15:46  

#6  Batteries in the magnetic compass were dead.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-03-26 15:10  

#5  Thick Scot's accent is indistinguishable from German.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2019-03-26 12:15  

#4  "Mind you he did always watch Dr Finlay on television."
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-03-26 11:30  

#3  Delta would deny the additional Sky Miles.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-03-26 11:18  

#2  Pilot mistaking left for right is better than the aircraft mistaking down for up.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-03-26 10:22  

#1  WDL aviation said it was trying to determine the cause of the "obviously unfortunate mix-up."

Cause the 'pilot' didn't read the destination listed on the entry door and compare it to his flight plan?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-03-26 09:40  

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