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Air India hit with 13-year parking bill after rediscovering lost Boeing 737
Air India received a surprise parking bill of nearly 10 million rupees (about $120,000) after rediscovering a long-lost Boeing 737-200 that had been quietly sitting in a remote corner of India’s Kolkata Airport for more than a decade — a jet that somehow slipped entirely out of the memory of anyone at the airline. The aircraft, registered VT-EHH, was taken out of service and parked on a remote pad at Kolkata Airport in 2012. Over the years, staff turnover and record-keeping gaps meant the jet… (www.aerotime.aero) More...
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You would want to think twice about flying with a airline that has this type of record keeping
Why? Haven’t you ever misplaced a 737 and couldn’t remember where you left it?
Might think twice about flying through an airport that can't be bothered to track down someone to pay the parking fee for 13 years.
I use those little luggage tags from Apple to find my bags lost by airlines. They are a bit on the expensive side, but perhaps Air India would like to put one in all their flying machines?
Just a suggestion.
Now where did I leave that 747?
Just a suggestion.
Now where did I leave that 747?
Air Tags are great but they often embarrass the airlines when they say they can’t find your bag and you give them the exact GPS coordinates of where it is.
I remember a story from Air Canada where they kept claiming they couldn’t find a bag and the owner kept telling them exactly where in the warehouse of supposedly unclaimed bags it was. When they finally recovered it the airline sticker was still on it with the tag that had the owner’s name, address and phone number but AC claimed they couldn’t find not find the owner. A news documentary later exposed over a thousand unclaimed bags in the wearhouse that were properly tagged and the owners were told their bag was lost. At Air Canada they not satisfied until you’re not satisfied.
I remember a story from Air Canada where they kept claiming they couldn’t find a bag and the owner kept telling them exactly where in the warehouse of supposedly unclaimed bags it was. When they finally recovered it the airline sticker was still on it with the tag that had the owner’s name, address and phone number but AC claimed they couldn’t find not find the owner. A news documentary later exposed over a thousand unclaimed bags in the wearhouse that were properly tagged and the owners were told their bag was lost. At Air Canada they not satisfied until you’re not satisfied.
If you go on Google maps you can see it there, forgotten, lonely.....
