50 minutes delayed flight because of the late arrival of the aircraft … from the hangar!
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at 15:11 by trident3.
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SwissdiverParticipantWe all witnessed late flights for all sorts of reasons, some of them being quite creative. But a flight delayed by 50 minutes because they were late bringing the aircraft from the terminal is frankly ridiculous unless it is a spare one. But apparently it is not the case.
Come on BA!23 Nov 2014
at 10:19
canuckladParticipantStrangely Swissdiver, I can top that. Turkish managed to lose their aircraft in the vast wasteland that is Chek lap kok . The inbound flight landed on time, was parked up and when it came time to tow it back, due to a shift change apparently nobody knew where the tug driver had left it. Forgetting where you parked your car in an ASDA car park is one thing, losing a Boeing 777 with a red tailfin is altogether another matter. To be fair it was night time. But,you honestly couldn’t make it up.
By the by, it took them to 90 minutes to locate the elusive craft.
23 Nov 2014
at 10:58
StephenLondonParticipantHey, we were bussed at Suvarnabhumi on a TG domestic flight. Business class pax were put on a separate bus. We seemingly went all around the houses before being deposited next to the front steps on the aircraft. We walked up to find the plane totally empty, apart from a very bewildered security man sitting in the first row. They’d dropped us at the wrong plane! Luckily, we managed to stop the bus before it left us, and we had to go a few stands along to find our flight. We laughed a bit at the announcement on board: We aplogise for our delay, ladies and gentlemen, but we seem to have misplaced our business class customers today!
In all seriousness, if the aircraft was having some maintenance done on it, perhaps they were waiting for final sign-off on paperwork, etc. before it was given the okay to be towed to the terminal. It could happen with any carrier.
23 Nov 2014
at 14:00
AndrewinHKParticipantThat’s actually not the case. The BA maintenance base is at the far eastern part of LHR, no active runways need to be crossed, although it may take some time to reach T5 at the far west end of the airfield.
24 Nov 2014
at 04:12
SuhByungDohParticipantI believe that the official method of punctuality recorded by airports is that if the departure from or arrival at the gate is more than 15 minutes the flight is classified as being late. This is in relation to the airlines’ published timetables and the times as shown on the ticket/booking PNR.
27 Nov 2014
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