A stunned group of holidaymakers were left gobsmacked after boarding their plane to find their allotted seats were non-existent. The baffled women pals were left standing behind a row of seats.
Footage of the friends looking utterly confused as now gone viral online. Tiktok user Daisy Barr posted a clip of the chaotic scenes to her account, @daisybarr1.
Many travellers have been facing issues this summer of lost luggage and huge queues. But missing plane seats appear to be a first with Daisy's clip now racking up more than 140,000 likes.
Bosses at easyJet blamed a "reconfiguration" of seats on the plane for the mixup. And they said alternative seats were soon found for the group.
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Having made it through airport queues and security to finally board the flight, the pals could scarcely believe what awaited them onboard, the Daily Star reports. When they reached row 26 on the plane, which was marked as their seats on their tickets, they discovered their chairs were missing.
In the video, the confused women can be seen awkwardly standing where their seats should be. To the tune of Mission Impossible, they swung the camera to show that the overhead seat numbers clearly stated they were in row 26 – but it was standing space only.
One of the holidaymakers squatted where the seats should be while the others leaned on surrounding chairs and looked for staff members. They held their passports and tickets as other passengers happily loaded their suitcases into the overhead cabin.
In the comments, Daisy wrote: “We obviously didn’t stand up during the flight. We just went and found some empty seats, and no one helped us, luckily there were some.” She added: “Turbulence was mental.”
While another one of the women, Laila Barr, clarified that the flight was with easyJet and added: “But nothing about this flight was easy.” And, it seems it’s not the first time the situation has occurred.
A commenter posted: “This literally just happened to me with easy jet on both flights! Told me to sit in someone else’s seat who then shouted at me.” Others expressed worry about the situation.
Kenna Clark said: “Don't scare me like this, I've just booked my seats for the back two seats on the plane so a stranger doesn't have to sit next to us with a baby.” I’d be fed up... I hope you got put in first class,” added another commenter.
While another joked: “They actually did it. Standing room only on flights now.” And, a third noted: “The passengers are not made to stand up during the flight. 26 has been taken out so EZY can operate with reduced crew. It is the ground staff's role…”
Speaking to Daily Star, an easyJet spokesperson said: "There has been a change in seat configuration on some aircraft this summer for operational reasons and so we reallocated these customers new seats and they flew as planned.”
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