'They only realised they were in the wrong country when they landed and a ‘Welcome to Edinburgh’ announcement was made'
A spokesperson for Edinburgh Airport said: ‘We’re a welcoming airport that is always happy to greet visitors from all over the world to our fantastic city, but this was a surprise for us as well as them!‘We were happy to work with the various teams across the airport to help make the trip to Edinburgh a pleasurable, albeit short, one.British Airways have since apologised
She added: ‘It became very frustrating. The toilets were blocked and they ran out of snacks. It was also really stuffy.’ BA said they have apologised to the passengers for the mistake, and have since put the error down to a mistake in paperwork.The flight has since landed in Düsseldorf.
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