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Flying through Lagos, Nigeria? Don't be the first one off the plane.
That's the advice Gadling pal Chris Blattman recently linked to, in a hilarious story of forged boarding passes, overcrowded planes, and stranded passengers in Lagos, Nigeria.
The story goes like this, via the blog Siphoning off a Few Thoughts: "[A man] got on a flight in Lagos to find it completely full...plus one. One person was standing in the aisle with no seat. The flight attendants went through and checked that everyone had a boarding pass, which they did. (Apparently someone had a forged pass; welcome to Lagos.) The staff then made an announcement that everyone was going to de-plane and that they were going to check everyone's boarding pass carefully.
"As soon as the first person stepped off the plane, the staff slammed and locked the airplane door, despite the person's cries and banging on the door. Problem solved."
Ha! I love that when it doesn't happen to me.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jamie Rhein Nov 8th 2008 10:51AM
Aaron,
Very funny. The worst, worst, worst, worst, very worst travel experience I ever had was getting in and getting out of Nigeria. Wonderful country, but seriously, if you ever go, try to parachute in and come up with any other way to get out in order to avoid the airports.
Jo Nov 8th 2008 4:12PM
I went to Lagos, arriving at and departing from Lagos I'ntl Airport and it was just fine. So....
Perfect Mar 13th 2009 7:43AM
This is really funny, never knew that such would happen in highly organized commercial business place like airport.
Very, Very interesting
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Lere Apr 5th 2009 9:52AM
yeah right!!!
olumide Sep 24th 2009 6:02PM
very funny.......but definitely not true
Skydivers Sep 20th 2010 7:16AM
yes .... very funny . really very interesting standing travel for airplane.