TOKYO: Singer John Legend and American model wife Chrissy Teigen were among passengers stuck in a « flight to nowhere » for eight hours on Tuesday (Dec 26) evening after a Tokyo-bound plane was forced to turn back to Los Angeles. The reason? A passenger had mistakenly boarded the wrong plane. All
TOKYO: Singer John Legend and American model wife Chrissy Teigen were among passengers stuck in a « flight to nowhere » for eight hours on Tuesday (Dec 26) evening after a Tokyo-bound plane was forced to turn back to Los Angeles.
The reason? A passenger had mistakenly boarded the wrong plane.
All Nippon Airways flight NH175 departed Los Angeles International at 11:36am (1936 GMT) on Tuesday for Narita Airport, but returned to the US city after a matter of hours, the airline told AFP.
« As part of the airline’s security procedure, the pilot in command decided to return to the originating airport, where the passenger was disembarked, » ANA said.
« ANA is researching the situation currently to determine how the passenger boarded the flight.
