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A sleeping teenager flew home to Bulgaria and then back to Malta after aircrew apparently failed to notice she was still on the plane.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-09-01T134221Z_01_L01590552_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-BULGARIA-PLANE.XML

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Ladycrissdean
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How could the airline not notice that there was still a passenger on the plane before they began bording for the next flight?

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What planet have the airline people been living on, where folks don't normally sleep on planes? I've never been on a plane that didn't have a few people snoozing on it.

Nonny

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Daniceguy
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I believe what the Air Malta officials meant when they said "An ariplane is not a place for sleeping" is:

"Our terrible service and cramped, uncomfortable seats should have been enough to keep this young girl from even relaxing, let alone sleeping! We will endeavor in the future to so completely deprive our passengers of any shred of human comfort that their continual cries of anguish will effectively prevent ANYONE from falling alseep."

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Simply Madeline
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This airline doesn't clean the planes between flights? Eeew.
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Little Pink Pill
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I love that they charged her for it. Think they noticed first, or was that their reaction when she complained?

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This airline doesn't clean the planes between flights? Eeew.
I was once on a Southwest Airlines flight where the plane arrived late. The gate agent said we had a choice -- they could either clean the plane, or take off on time. It was pretty much unanimous that the passengers prefered to take off on time in a slightly dirty plane than wait for them to clean it.

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bulgarian_legend
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Being from Bulgaria, I was gonna say "I am not surprised that our crap Airline pulled something like this". Imagine the shock when I read it was their airline, not ours lol.
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