British Airways has been forced to apologize after a flight from London to Dusseldorf landed more than 600 miles (965 km) away in Edinburgh by mistake.
The detour happened after a sub-contracted crew used an incorrect flight plan and set off from London City airport for the Scottish capital instead of setting course for the Rhine.
British Airways said the aircraft - a 96-seat BAe-146 regional jet - was operated by German charter firm WDL Aviation on behalf of BA CityFlyer. The crew and aircraft were sub-contracted from WDL under an arrangement known as a "wet lease".
This post has been edited by emburrar: Mar 26 2019, 10:56 AM
when i use gps in my car also, sometimes I didnt notice the destination was wrong... but, this is a plane... it's very costly to turn back... wasting money and passenger's time..