Flight Ticket Didn't Include Flight

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Vatan Newspaper, 31 August 2018)


Personnel shortage left them on the tarmac in Sivas.

earthbound stranding See recent TNT report about a similar 
stranding on the Diyarbakır-Sivarek bus route.

Passengers with tickets for a 0820 flight to Sabiha Gökçen Airport in 
Istanbul began to wait on line at Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport.  But
since there were only two people working at the airline counter the
line didn't move, so 24 passengers could not be processed in time for
the flight's departure.


Bus driver's fit of pique left them on the roadside in Siverek.

The aircraft took off without the 24 stranded passengers, some of
whom had connections for onward flights in Istanbul.  While some
of the stranded passengers went to the bus terminal to catch buses
to Istanbul, others had to get tickets for flights the following day.
For example, Ahmet Akgül (30) had a connection to France that
he missed.  Airline company officials made no announcement
regarding the situation.