Catching the Wrong Flight
It often happens to me when traveling numerous times in a short period that I get a wee bit confused. I wake up with a start and look around the cabin, where am I headed? Sounds weird but fitting several countries on different continents within a short time period create mind dementia. According to this Reuters piece this poor German traveler took it one step further.
BERLIN (Dec. 29) - A 21-year-old German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in the Australian metropolis Sydney landed 13,000 kilometers away near Sidney, Montana, after mistyping his destination on a flight booking Web site.
Gutt's airline ticket routed him via the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon, to Billings, Montana. Only as he was about to board a commuter flight to Sidney -- an oil town of about 5,000 people -- did he realize his mistake.
BERLIN (Dec. 29) - A 21-year-old German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in the Australian metropolis Sydney landed 13,000 kilometers away near Sidney, Montana, after mistyping his destination on a flight booking Web site.
Gutt's airline ticket routed him via the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon, to Billings, Montana. Only as he was about to board a commuter flight to Sidney -- an oil town of about 5,000 people -- did he realize his mistake.
posted by Kent E St. John at 9:17 AM
1 Comments:
I live in Sidney, MT and heard about the mistaken flight. We are small, but 2 week-ends ago we doubled from 5,000 to over 10,000 by having the Canadian Snowbirds here. We had rave reviews from Canadians as well as Americans from all over the States. It was fun to see Sidney, MT on your page. Greetings from Sidney--
sandi angel
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