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Old 22nd Jul 2023, 14:14
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SpringHeeledJack
 
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I worked in the cafe at Bournemouth - Hurn in 1969 and one day we had 8 Viscounts divert in due to CI fogging out. IIRC 5 Channel airways, 2 BMA and 1 BEA. These 500 odd pax were given a voucher for tea and cake in the small terminal.
I remember watching people and taking their cups as soon as they had finished drinking so it could be washed and used for the waiting customers.
After about 3 hours all the aircraft departed and normal service resumed.
Forgive I for the small thread drift, but when did the old terminal mentioned above close ? I flew into BOH in 2007 on Ryanair and we got our bags from that roller 'belt' outside the terminal (that went through a small flap into the terminal). I might even have succumbed to a cuppa in said cafe.
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