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Passengers told to pitch in for fuel and taxes on last leg of journey.

Run_to_da_hills · 2011-11-16 13:14:16

"Furious plane passengers were forced to hold an emergency £23,000 whip round when their flight was grounded because after the airline couldn't afford the second half of the journey. Over 600 holidaymakers travelling back from Armistar in India to Birmingham International Airport were 'held to ransom' for six hours at…

16-11-2011 1:14pm

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"Furious plane passengers were forced to hold an emergency £23,000 whip round when their flight was grounded because after the airline couldn't afford the second half of the journey.

Over 600 holidaymakers travelling back from Armistar in India to Birmingham International Airport were 'held to ransom' for six hours at Vienna.

Four chartered flights with Austrian-based carrier Comtel Air were involved in the fiasco over the weekend after being forced to stop off in the Austrian capital to refuel".

You couldn't ever see this happening on a Ryanair flight.

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/11/16/passengers-had-to-pay-19k-to-fly-home/

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