The British Airways flight that went to Germany but landed in Scotland by mistake

Pbadengers of a flight to Düsseldorf realized that something strange had happened when, on landing, they heard the announcement of "Welcome to Edinburgh" ".

When they heard the message "Welcome to Edinburgh", pbadengers on a British Airways flight could not believe it.

And it was not for less. On Monday, they flew to Düsseldorf, Germany, and finally found themselves … in the capital

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How was it possible to confuse two distant cities of more than 1200 km? The airline explained that the flight documentation was incorrectly sent and that it was working with WDL Aviation, the company operating the flight, to find out why it was using a bad flight plan.

"We apologize to customers for this interruption of travel and we will communicate with each of them individually," said British Airways in a statement.

How was it possible to confuse two distant cities of more than 1200 km? The airline explained that the flight documentation was incorrectly sent and that it was working with WDL Aviation, the company operating the flight, to find out why it was using a bad flight plan.

The flight, from London, finally landed in Germany after "the unexpected stop" in the Scottish city.

On his last flight Sunday, the plane flew to Edinburgh and returned to London.

According to British Airways, it appears that one person from WDL Aviation erroneously repeated the same flight plan the next day.

When the crew members arrived at London City Airport on Monday, it is thought that they saw "Edinburgh" in the previous day's flight plan and followed the same route thinking that it was the good one.

"At no time was the safety of the pbadengers compromised, we took the pbadengers on flight BA3271 to Düsseldorf after making an unintentional stopover in Edinburgh," said the company responsible for the flight plan.

The German company WDL Aviation said it "was working closely with the authorities to investigate the causes of this unfortunate confusion in flight schedules".

"At no time was the safety of pbadengers compromised, we took the pbadengers on flight BA3271 to Düsseldorf after making an unintentional stopover in Edinburgh," he said.

British Airways refused to confirm the number of pbadengers affected by the error.

It is also not known why the crew did not announce the fate of the flight to the microphone before taking off, which would have undoubtedly avoided many disadvantages.

"Bathrooms were blocked"

Sophie Cooke, a management consultant for 24 years, travels every week from London to Düsseldorf for her work and took this unfortunate flight. The girl said that when the pilot announced that the plane was about to land in Edinburgh, everyone thought it was a joke.

He even asked the crew if it was serious. The pilot then asked the pbadengers to raise their hand when they wanted to travel to Düsseldorf. They all did it.

A pbadenger said that when the pilot announced that the plane was about to land in Edinburgh, everyone thought it was a joke.

"The pilot stated that he had no idea how this had happened, he added that this had never happened before and that the crew was trying to figure out what we could do. "

Sophie said that the plane had remained on the Edinburgh runway for two and a half hours before flying to Düsseldorf.

"It was very frustrating, the toilets were blocked and there was no food, the atmosphere was very stifling," he said.

Some pbadengers complained about the error on Twitter, while other users (as expected) began to joke about the incident.

"British Airways, can you explain how it is possible that my flight from London City Airport to Düsseldorf this morning will land in Edinburgh? Although this is an interesting concept, I do not think anyone on board has signed up to this mysterious travel lottery … ", a questioned user.

"It's part of the UK's Brexit strategy to sever ties with continental Europe," another Twitter user sarcastically said.

"As if no one was looking out the window and suspected not being on the water about 10 minutes after takeoff," another questioned.

The airline said its customer service team in Düsseldorf had met all pbadengers upon arrival and that it would follow up on their records.