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Old 16th Jul 2009, 00:26
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ScrinsonBadger
 
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We had to land at Luton from a sandy place a couple of years ago due to fog at BZN and were immediately turfed out onto a corner of the airfield into the drizzle so as 'not to frighten the passengers. Our bags were then driven up on baggage trucks which we had to unload and we were left to sort out transport (which I ended up doing) for the 200 or so people. Thanks Luton!

I can understand them wanting us to pick up weapons out of sight but it was a little rude to suggest we weren't welcome in our home country. We also weren't very acclimatised to the 4 degrees C temperatures.
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