A French-speaking woman flew more than 4,800-km in the wrong direction in the US after the United Airlines failed to notify her of her flight’s last- minute gate change, according to media reports.
lucie Bahetoukilae, who does not speak English, was supposed to go to Paris from Newark on April 24 but was horrified when she landed in San Francisco.
Three thousand miles (4,828 km) later, Bahetoukilae disembarked at San Francisco International Airport, where she waited an additional 11 hours before boarding a flight back to Paris. In total, she claims to have been travelling for 28 hours, WABC TV reported.
The airline called the incident, which it just settled in a confidential lawsuit, “a horrible failure,” it said.
“Newark to Charles de Gaulle,” Bahetoukilae’s boarding pass read. She went to the gate stamped on it and said a United representative scanned it. So she boarded the plane and headed for her seat, 22C.