Of the list of things you might think could happen on an aircraft, this one takes some beating.
Customers aboard a LOT Polish Airlines plane were reportedly asked to help pay to fix the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s hydraulic pump.
The incident reportedly occurred before takeoff of a flight from Beijing Capital International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport on November 12, 2018.
Aerotime News reported: The flight crew noticed the problem upon arriving in Beijing during the after-flight checkup. However, according to LOT Polish Airlines, a Boeing employee asked for a payment in cash to carry out the repair, as reported by Polish media Newsweek. “He had no right to do it, because our settlements are cashless,” said LOT spokesman Adrian Kubicki.
Some of the passengers chipped in to raise the $360 required and the long-delayed flight took off.
They got refunds when they arrived at their destination after what was, presumably, an otherwise uneventful flight.
Moral of the story? It pays to have a bit of cash with you when you travel. You should always expect the unexpected.
