Joe was sheduled to arrive home friday afternoon after a 2 week trip to Kazakhstan. Thursaday night we found out that wasn't
happening.
He left Atyrau, Kazakhstan early Friday morning for a flight to Houston with a
connection in Moscow. He noticed they were
circling Moscow, the pilot came on and said something in Russian. The only word Joe understood was "Sheremetyevo", the name of the WRONG
airport.
He asked the flight attendant and she said they
were being diverted because of fog.....THE SKY WAS
CLEAR.
They landed, come on the intercom and asked by
vote if they wanted to stay on the plane
(for several hours) or get off. It was a unanimous get off! There were only 23
passengers making connecting flights. Joe
was going the farthest.
The 23 were segerated.......forever. No monitors,
very little info, wrong airport, lots of frustation. At one point I texted Joe and asked when his plane for Houston
was leaving; his reply.....20 minutes ago.
There is one flight a day from Moscow to
Houston on Singapore Air.
Finally he
flew to the correct airport 100km away and started the process of trying to get
home and hoping there would be a seat on any airline. There were several scenarios, but the best was
for him to wait and take the same flight Saturday morning.
I'm thinking fun, 1 day and night in Moscow. Then
he reminded me, you have to have a visa processed in advance.
He spent the
next 18 hours in the airport lounge with these two chairs together trying to
sleep.
He finally
made it home Saturday afternoon after 45 hours of travel......and had a very Happy Easter!
