December 29th, 2006
Web Booking Typo Ends Up with Tourist on Wrong Continent
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
This is crazy. I can’t believe this guy … he booked a flight to visit his girlfriend, but made a typo and booked the flight to Sydney, Montana instead of Sydney, Australia. Coming as he was from Germany, at first he thought it was possible he was making stops in the U.S. before heading for Australia.
Dressed for the Australian summer in T-shirt and shorts, Tobi Gutt left Germany on Saturday for a four-week holiday.
Instead of arriving “down under”, Gutt found himself on a different continent and bound for the chilly state of Montana. Source: CNN
We Say: I still can’t understand it. He never checked his ticket, didn’t notice the signs in the airport indicating destination? Someone sure was flying on “autopilot”. 
Mumblix Grumph says:
SNIFF SNIFF
I smell a rat!
I get the feeling that this is a stunt. The guy is hoping for 15 minutes of fame.
December 29th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
MissingFrame says:
Mumblix, I would say the same thing, but I’ve witnessed so much stupidity in my lifetime that this doesn’t surprise me in the least. I often ride an “express” bus to work, rare is the day that there isn’t someone that gets on without reading all the signs, warnings, and hears the busdriver warnings.
December 29th, 2006 at 4:26 pm