Lahore to Paris ... and back again !

Molten Metal
By Molten Metal

Sleepy woman flies Lahore to Paris ... and back again!
AFP/Lahore - today's Gulf Times
A Frenchwoman endured an 18-hour journey from the Pakistani city of Lahore to Paris and back again after sleeping through her plane’s stop in the French capital, officials said yesterday.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is investigating how ground crew failed to notice the woman during the plane’s two-hour stopover at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.
The woman, named as Patrice Christine Ahmed, who is married to a Pakistani, left Lahore at noon on Tuesday to fly to Paris via Milan, but did not wake up to get off the plane, said airline spokesman Sultan Hasan.
The woman did not mention her mistake to cabin crew and the matter only came to light when she was stopped by immigration officials on arrival back at Lahore airport yesterday morning - after a 12,000km round trip.
Hasan said PIA were investigating the incident and the French subcontractor responsible for passenger handling in Paris.
“We have put questions to this French firm also about the incident but it is also the responsibility of the passenger to disembark at the destination,” he said. “It is a passenger’s responsibility to check about the destination and disembark when the plane arrives at the particular airport.”
PIA later arranged to send the woman back to Paris with another airline because none of its own flights were available, but said that the party responsible for the negligence will pay for the extra ticket.
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By anwarindoha• 23 Aug 2012 14:56
anwarindoha

sounds like irresponsible cabin crews....lol

By FathimaH• 23 Aug 2012 14:47
FathimaH

couple that with obviously careless airline staff and you know you are onto a world tour...eyes wide shut!

By asif_khan• 23 Aug 2012 14:40
asif_khan

PIA the epic airlines

By stealth• 23 Aug 2012 13:07
stealth

even then was she a dwarf?

By ghazalz• 23 Aug 2012 13:06
ghazalz

It was Gulf Air in the case of Keralite lady's round trip Kerala-Doha-Kerala (Trivandrum)

By Molten Metal• 23 Aug 2012 13:00
Molten Metal

Some are just soo relaxed even on the international journeys ..

By Captain_Lost• 23 Aug 2012 12:52
Captain_Lost

I'm sure she was traveling on PIA .. ROFL :D

By FlyingAce• 23 Aug 2012 12:48
FlyingAce

Its the Job of the Cabin Crew to do Head Counts, when New Pax are onboard the Aircraft.

Passenger Manifest was given to the Cabin Senior Director, & it was his/her job to make sure that total number of pax on the manifest matches the head count...

By ghazalz• 23 Aug 2012 12:23
ghazalz

It reminds me the story of Kerala woman :)

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