Long haul flights are fairly joyless at the best of times, but at least they get you where you need to be.
Not so on this occasion.
A BA flight from Heathrow to Tokyo fell substantially short of reaching its intended destination, making an about turn at the half-way point and heading straight back to London.
The so-called “flight to nowhere” took off at noon yesterday, and suffered a “minor technical fault” over northern Siberia.
The pilot was forced to turn around, arriving back in the UK at midnight – an hour after the plane had been due to land in Tokyo.
Passenger Scott Eaton took to Twitter to express his dismay, writing: “Easily #worstflightever London-Tokyo 12 hrs flying but landed where we started! Wrong flight plan.”
BA responded to Scott, saying: “We’re very sorry for the delay to your flight, Scott. We do hope to have you on your way again this morning.”
Disgruntled passengers were given hotel rooms for the night, before being put on another 6,000-mile flight this morning.
The Independent predicts that BA will be landed with a bill of up to £300,000 in compensation for passengers – including those who had been waiting in Japan for a flight to London that didn’t arrive.
YAHOO!
