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A Polish Man Tried To Catch A Flight Home After Christmas, But Ended Up In Malta Instead

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To quote one of the greats of our generation, “everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days“. Well, a couple of people over at Leeds airport definitely had one of ‘those days’ a couple of weeks ago when a man accidentally got on a flight to Malta, instead of Poland.

Pawel Lawreniuk, a 75-year-old widower from Poland, visited the UK over Christmas to spend some time with his daughter, and made his way to Leeds-Bradford airport on Sunday 6th January.

Now, the difference between flying to Malta and Poland from he UK is about 1,000 miles and two hours. For those of you who need a visual representation, here you go;

Poland Or Malta

It’s far away.

Somehow, Pawel was let on a Ryanair flight to Malta even though he had a ticket booked for a flight to Gdansk. The poor man only realised he was not in Poland, when he realised that his taxi driver did not understand Polish. So the poor man was in the wrong country, with little cash, and a SIM card that didn’t work in Malta.

Luckily, a Polish woman was close by and overheard Pawel freaking out. She contacted his daughter to let her know what happened, and helped him book a flight home.

The question here is, why was Mr. Lawreniuk allowed on the wrong flight?

According to his daughter, Pawel cannot do much on his own, so we’ll ignore the fact that he somehow did not realise it was the wrong flight, or that he was on the plane for waaaaay too long, or that he didn’t land at his airport. But how did the Ryanair clerk not realise his ticket was wrong?

Pawel has since informed his daughter that he will not be returning to the UK to visit her if it means he will have to fly alone again, and she is planning on contacting a lawyer about the ordeal.

Swissport, the handling agency for Ryanair at LBA, have commented on the event, stating;

“We are aware that a passenger was able to board an incorrect flight at Leeds Bradford Airport on Sunday 6 January. The passenger had undergone all airport security screening before boarding the flight and had a valid passport which had been checked. We are investigating how this occurred and we are re-briefing all staff on procedure. We would like to apologise to Mr Lawreniuk for the inconvenience caused.”

Ryanair have yet to release any form of statement.

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