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As the plane rolled down the runway, one passenger was bewildered when a flight attendant welcomed travelers aboard the Milwaukee-bound flight.
Milwaukee!?
He thought he was going to New York.
Turns out, he had accidentally boarded the wrong flight -- on the wrong airline.
And in today's post-9/11 climate, that's the sort of thing that can cause airport security to break out in hives.
''The whole thing was simple human error,'' said Carol Skornicka, a spokesperson for Midwest Airlines. ``The fellow was in a rush. And the employees didn't check his destination thoroughly.''
Here's how airline officials described the snafu.
The passenger, who was not identified, was running late for his flight to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. He rushed to a Delta ticket counter to check-in, Skornicka said.
After clearing security, the man scurried over to what he thought was his gate. Outside the jetway, he handed an employee his boarding pass.
story here
As the plane rolled down the runway, one passenger was bewildered when a flight attendant welcomed travelers aboard the Milwaukee-bound flight.
Milwaukee!?
He thought he was going to New York.
Turns out, he had accidentally boarded the wrong flight -- on the wrong airline.
And in today's post-9/11 climate, that's the sort of thing that can cause airport security to break out in hives.
''The whole thing was simple human error,'' said Carol Skornicka, a spokesperson for Midwest Airlines. ``The fellow was in a rush. And the employees didn't check his destination thoroughly.''
Here's how airline officials described the snafu.
The passenger, who was not identified, was running late for his flight to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. He rushed to a Delta ticket counter to check-in, Skornicka said.
After clearing security, the man scurried over to what he thought was his gate. Outside the jetway, he handed an employee his boarding pass.
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