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I always secretly hope I get on the wrong plane and end up somewhere fun. It does seem like it can happen from time to time since Ryanair now always informs "if

I always secretly hope I get on the wrong plane and end up somewhere fun. It does seem like it can happen from time to time since Ryanair now always informs "if you are on the wrong plane tell us!".

adamcharnock 3y ago
I once (accidentally) tried this when travelling around Australia many years ago. The gate changed at the last minute and I didn’t notice, so tried to board the wrong place. As soon as they scanned my boarding pass all hell broke loose. Flashing red lights, sirens going off, the whole works. They were very nice about it, but yeah, that particular system made it impossible not to notice.
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- ibejoeb 3y ago
  Hmm, that's odd. A few years ago, Australia didn't even check ID.
  - mkl 3y ago
    There's no mention of ID, just boarding pass. I'm pretty sure similar checks in NZ would catch wrong plane boarding (there's usually someone checking boarding passes on the plane too), with no ID check anywhere.
    - ibejoeb 3y ago
      I mean that I'm surprised that there was a fuss over boarding at the wrong gate. If you had a ticket, regardless of the name on it, you could walk into the airport, go to the gate, and get on a flight. It's a different situation, but things were generally pretty casual, and I just don't recall there being anything dramatic about a simple gate mixup.
      - jermaustin1 3y ago
        Interestingly I just watched a funny sketch video about the difference between Australian and US Airport security [1]. Definitely not a serious comparison, I doubt that Australian airports are nearly as lax as the video makes it seem. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJ00uqp670 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJ00uqp670
        ibejoeb 3y ago
        Accurate. But when you get off the plane in Tassie there's the k-9 search...
        averageRoyalty 3y ago
        Bring all the drugs you want, but don't you dare bring a banana.
        rmccue 3y ago
        I mean, the passing the bag through without scanning is facetious, but Australian (domestic) security is much lighter than the US. You don’t need ID, you don’t need a ticket, and until recently it was only metal detectors everywhere rather than full body scanners. Also, it wouldn’t be uncommon to joke around (although there are some hard-asses); if they legitimately did recognise a YouTube, I could see them getting a selfie together.
      - Thorrez 3y ago
        They wouldn't notice if you buy a ticket to one city but get on a flight to a different city?
xenospn 3y ago
I know a guy who ended up in San Jose, Costa Rica instead of California.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  I was told of an Auckland/Oakland clusterfuck. Think that was on buying a ticket and somehow hot noticing the vast price difference.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    Sometimes you do everything right and the pilot screws up. https://www.thelocal.de/20190325/british-airways-flight-ends-up-in-edinburgh-instead-of-dsseldorf https://www.thelocal.de/20190325/british-airways-flight-ends...
    - mr_mitm 3y ago
      The article says the pilot was handed the wrong paperwork, so somebody else screwed up.
      - bombcar 3y ago
        The pilot is like the captain on the boat, it may be someone else’s fault but it’s his responsibility. (I think this is why many pilots say on the intercoms before pushback as to where the plane is going, if they say Birmingham and the entire plane bursts into screaming and crying, then they know … they got it right ;) ).
        lostlogin 3y ago
        This would be a neat variant of the scream test.
    - t0mas88 3y ago
      That's a dispatch screw-up before departure, not a pilot. That plane will have been on a valid flight plan but to the wrong place, there is no way for the flight crew to go to a completely different place than the flight plan. Because the air traffic control computers also have the flight plan. So their instructions are going towards the filed destination. Any discrepancy would be noticed on both sides very quickly because you get instructions that don't fit the plan. The one thing the crew can screw up during the flight is landing at an airport right next to the destination when on a visual approach. By visually confusing the two airports. There are procedures to avoid it, but it still happens.
chrismcb 3y ago
If you want to go someplace fun, just book a ticket to someplace fun. I actually got in the wrong plane once. But I was already heading someplace fun, and I'm glad I didn't end up going somewhere I didn't want to go. I was in another country catching a connecting flight. My gate was changed but I didn't notice. I got in the plane. They let me. I was sitting in my seat when a gate agent came and got me.

I always secretly hope I get on the wrong plane and end up somewhere fun. It does seem like it can happen from time to time since Ryanair now always informs "if you are on the wrong plane tell us!".

adamcharnock 3y ago

I once (accidentally) tried this when travelling around Australia many years ago. The gate changed at the last minute and I didn’t notice, so tried to board the wrong place. As soon as they scanned my boarding pass all hell broke loose. Flashing red lights, sirens going off, the whole works. They were very nice about it, but yeah, that particular system made it impossible not to notice.

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ibejoeb 3y ago
Hmm, that's odd. A few years ago, Australia didn't even check ID.
- mkl 3y ago
  There's no mention of ID, just boarding pass. I'm pretty sure similar checks in NZ would catch wrong plane boarding (there's usually someone checking boarding passes on the plane too), with no ID check anywhere.
  - ibejoeb 3y ago
    I mean that I'm surprised that there was a fuss over boarding at the wrong gate. If you had a ticket, regardless of the name on it, you could walk into the airport, go to the gate, and get on a flight. It's a different situation, but things were generally pretty casual, and I just don't recall there being anything dramatic about a simple gate mixup.
    - jermaustin1 3y ago
      Interestingly I just watched a funny sketch video about the difference between Australian and US Airport security [1]. Definitely not a serious comparison, I doubt that Australian airports are nearly as lax as the video makes it seem. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJ00uqp670 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJ00uqp670
      - ibejoeb 3y ago
        Accurate. But when you get off the plane in Tassie there's the k-9 search...
        averageRoyalty 3y ago
        Bring all the drugs you want, but don't you dare bring a banana.
      - rmccue 3y ago
        I mean, the passing the bag through without scanning is facetious, but Australian (domestic) security is much lighter than the US. You don’t need ID, you don’t need a ticket, and until recently it was only metal detectors everywhere rather than full body scanners. Also, it wouldn’t be uncommon to joke around (although there are some hard-asses); if they legitimately did recognise a YouTube, I could see them getting a selfie together.
    - Thorrez 3y ago
      They wouldn't notice if you buy a ticket to one city but get on a flight to a different city?

xenospn 3y ago

I know a guy who ended up in San Jose, Costa Rica instead of California.

lostlogin 3y ago
I was told of an Auckland/Oakland clusterfuck. Think that was on buying a ticket and somehow hot noticing the vast price difference.
- bombcar 3y ago
  Sometimes you do everything right and the pilot screws up. https://www.thelocal.de/20190325/british-airways-flight-ends-up-in-edinburgh-instead-of-dsseldorf https://www.thelocal.de/20190325/british-airways-flight-ends...
  - mr_mitm 3y ago
    The article says the pilot was handed the wrong paperwork, so somebody else screwed up.
    - bombcar 3y ago
      The pilot is like the captain on the boat, it may be someone else’s fault but it’s his responsibility. (I think this is why many pilots say on the intercoms before pushback as to where the plane is going, if they say Birmingham and the entire plane bursts into screaming and crying, then they know … they got it right ;) ).
      - lostlogin 3y ago
        This would be a neat variant of the scream test.
  - t0mas88 3y ago
    That's a dispatch screw-up before departure, not a pilot. That plane will have been on a valid flight plan but to the wrong place, there is no way for the flight crew to go to a completely different place than the flight plan. Because the air traffic control computers also have the flight plan. So their instructions are going towards the filed destination. Any discrepancy would be noticed on both sides very quickly because you get instructions that don't fit the plan. The one thing the crew can screw up during the flight is landing at an airport right next to the destination when on a visual approach. By visually confusing the two airports. There are procedures to avoid it, but it still happens.

chrismcb 3y ago

If you want to go someplace fun, just book a ticket to someplace fun. I actually got in the wrong plane once. But I was already heading someplace fun, and I'm glad I didn't end up going somewhere I didn't want to go. I was in another country catching a connecting flight. My gate was changed but I didn't notice. I got in the plane. They let me. I was sitting in my seat when a gate agent came and got me.