Tiger Airways Takes Off Empty Leaving Passengers Behind

Bernama.com, 26 Oct 2009
MELBOURNE, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- Intending passengers were left angry after a Tiger Airways plane flew to Melbourne from Hobart without them after a flight attendant fell ill, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported.
The 140 passengers were left at Hobart airport last Friday night and many were stranded for three days while waiting for seats on the one-flight-a-day Tiger service to Melbourne.
The flight attendant at the centre of the incident was attended to by paramedics at the airport and later joined the empty flight back to Melbourne with other crew.
No replacement for the sick steward on Flight TT567 was available in Hobart.
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