Episode 0: British Airways made a big mistake today and was ruthlessly ridiculed by netizens around the world:
flight BA3271, originally scheduled to fly from London to Dusseldorf Airport in Germany at 7:47 am on March 25, London time. After more than an hour of very smooth flight,
"successfully" landed at...
Edinburgh Airport in Scotland......
During this period, the passengers on the plane knew nothing about the route, and the entire aircraft crew did not find any problems with the route, so after landing, the passengers were confused when they heard the radio saying "Welcome to Edinburgh ":
What? Didn’t I take a plane to Germany? Why did I sniff for a while and wake up in Edinburgh?
As a qualified netizen in the Internet era, after encountering this kind of thing, the instinctive reaction was of course to open your phone and tweet at the first time:
"British Airways, please explain to me why my plane from London to Düsseldorf this morning finally landed in Edinburgh? It's really interesting. I don't think passengers came to participate in any mysterious journey!"
It was estimated that the passengers of the entire plane were with this netizen at that time. Also confused, British Airways also "quickly" made an official response on Twitter 20 minutes later:
"We don't know the reason for the unexpected landing of the flight in Edinburgh so far.
But don't be impatient. We have planned to take off again at 10:30, and this time we really flew to Dusseldorf!"
This time the big oath quickly followed the live broadcast of enthusiastic netizens on the plane and was followed by netizens around the world.
soon contacted British Airways and finally figured out the ins and outs of this misunderstanding.
It turns out that British Airways' arrangements for this airline were organized by their partner German airline WDL Aviation.
WDL is responsible for the flight plan sent to the crew. In fact, it is the arrangement of another flight of the same time period and different dates.
did not expect that after the wrong sending was sent, the British Airways crew carefully implemented it without thinking... It was not until the flight was finished that the passengers found that the flight was wrong...
(Edinburgh)
Even if the crew felt that flying to Edinburgh was the correct route, the people who were full of planes were going to Germany. The information on their boarding pass did not match the route arrangement. Didn’t the crew find it?
is really no one to notice! The passengers on the
plane said that the crew did not check everyone’s boarding pass when boarding!
So, when the passengers heard the news of the radio broadcast destination for the first time, the plane had already landed...
This is embarrassing:
is so careless and rigid, so that after receiving the flight plan, they will honestly and unconsciously implement what they do without even confirmation?
So, although after staying for more than an hour, the plane took off again at around 10:30 and sent the passengers to the original Düsseldorf Airport, netizens' ridicule of British Airways has just begun. One of the passengers on the
flight, 24-year-old woman Sophie said in an interview that she travels from London to Dusseldorf every week.
When she heard the crew announce that the plane had successfully landed in Edinburgh, she thought the crew was joking with them.
Until I found out that it was really wrong, the crew of the plane actually asked everyone:
"Do you want to go to Dusseldorf? If you want to go to, raise your hand!"
The result is of course everyone raised their hand:
Everyone came to catch the plane early in the morning, of course they all wanted to go to Dusseldorf. Is it wrong to stay in Edinburgh for a trip...
This wave of "Ask everyone else to go to Dusseldorf" also made netizens amused.
Someone said that if no one really raised his hand, this would be even more funny...
Another netizen tweeted this morning that he was also flying from London to Edinburgh on British Airways this morning (26th).
As soon as he got on the plane, a flight attendant asked everyone, "People who are going to Dusseldorf raise their hands!"
... I'm really good at self-deprecating...
However, there are really many (the incident was not on the scene). Netizens think that if they encountered this, they might really be confused and chose to stay in Edinburgh.
"Free service to come to Scotland to stop? Okay, please give me one!"
"Edinburgh is really a sunny day now, stay here! The beer is delicious, the people are enthusiastic, the scenery is beautiful and there is no tourism tax!"
Even the British media " Daily Mail " quickly gave the city comparison of "Edinburgh vs. Dusseldorf", which facilitates netizens who immersed in the imagination of "what should I go if I encounter such a situation":
From population, prices, per capita income, landmark attractions, to beer prices, cigarette prices, local specialty snacks, and the density of golf courses are listed.
can be said to be very thoughtful...
Of course, there are also netizens who analyze the reasons for this matter very "seriously". Many people have concluded that this flight is actually supporting Brexit with practical actions!
"This is actually part of the UK's Brexit policy: first cut off the route to the European continent!"
"I'm so laughing. If Brexit is as clever as British Airways..."
"This is Brexit! This is just the beginning! Scotland will stay in the EU!"
"Maybe the pilot of this flight was sent by Aunt Mei?"
" British Airways = Brexit Airlines"
Of course, in addition to complaining about Brexit, the "geography is not good" of the British (crew) has also become the focus of everyone's complaints.
Another interviewee Pirotr is a student from Imperial College London. He said that after he sent his girlfriend to the plane that morning, he saw the plane flying towards the northwest rather than the southeast on the plane tracking software. At that time, he thought it was a problem with the tracking software.
When his girlfriend sent him a message after landing, he realized that it was really not a problem with the tracking software, but a problem with the crew...
His girlfriend Szabo described his mood at the moment of landing: "When we started to descend, I saw some higher mountains and hills. I don't think it's like the eastern Netherlands or western Germany. I think it's an airplane? I copied some tricks. Later, my colleagues and I opened Google Maps together and found that we were really around Edinburgh. "
(this is the terrain of Edinburgh)
(this is the terrain of Düsseldorf)
However, compared with the difference in terrain, isn't the error "not flying through the English Channel that must pass to the continent" easier to detect?
Maybe it's really as some passengers said. Everyone is catching the plane early in the morning, either taking a break or busy preparing for work. Who can still notice whether they have flew across the sea...
The passengers lost their direction and the feelings are understandable. The crew did not notice that the plane was in the opposite direction, which is a bit unreasonable.
So, even the " Ryanair " that has always been criticized by everyone has taken the opportunity to mock a wave of British Airways:
"Hey, British Airways, we have a gift "Introduction to Fool Geography" to give you!"
However, Ryanair's mockery was quickly retorted by netizens:
Some people say that Ryanair's service is poor and should give them a copy of "Fool Service Learning".
Some people also say that Ryanair charges fees everywhere, so Is it necessary to charge British Airways one or two pounds to give "Fool Geography"?
More people are retorting to Ruian, "You are actually half-hearted, don't gloat about it."
Yes, just in March 2016, Ryanair made the same mistake.
At that time, they sent a group of passengers who were originally going to fly from Liverpool to Delhi Airport and finally sent them to the military air force base 8 kilometers away from their destination... Finally, they used a bus to take everyone back to Delhi Airport...
The passengers at that time heard the pilot say "I'm sorry, it seems like we came to a wrong airport", and they were full of disbelief and thought they were joking. But they looked out the window and found that there were really soldiers patrolling...
Later, Ryanair blamed some pilots who "make mistakes", but were still ridiculed by netizens and colleagues.
This time, Ryan took the British Airways problem and avenged the ridicule of the past. British Airways also took the gift "atmosphere" and responded on Twitter:
British Airways: "It's over here, no one is perfect..."
Ryan: "Really, but even we won't fly over Edinburgh as Dusseldorf, Germany."
Alas, it's all very serious and rigorous countries. If the airlines usually delay it, they will fly to the wrong place when they take off on time... It's probably a long time to make such a big mistake-. -
ref:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6847697/BA-passengers-board-plane-fly-Dusseldorf-pilot-takes-EDINBURGH.html
https://www.theguardian.com/busines s/2019/mar/25/british-airways-flight-dusseldorf-lands-edinburgh--mistake
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47691478
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