>>FOAL
I vaguely remember a true incident of a Trans Atlantic American operator who ended up in Brussels (I think) making all the calls to FRA (his destination)
No the last thing I'm doing is laughing as I am only too aware after my fairly lengthy career, in flying that TBFTGOGGI.
Just like to know what if any of the story is true.<<
Yep, it's true. On September 5, 1995 Northwest 52, a DC10 DTW-FRA, had a little mixup and landed at BRU. For unknown reasons, a Shanwick controller changed the destination on a flight strip and it went downhill from there.
In retrospect, as always, there were multiple clues that something wasn't right. The fuel burn was low at TOD, the ILS freq didn't work, the pilots called FRA approach and tower, the controllers kept answering BRU etc. The pax could see they were not landing at FRA on the screens in the back, however the F/A's thought perhaps a hijacking was in progress and didn't call up front.