This incident really happened. I am not joking or making it up. This happened long before the 9/11 incident.
It was night time at the Los Angeles International Airport. There was a passenger waiting to board a plane. He was going to Oakland, California. This is San Francisco’s twin city. The flight time from Los Angeles to Oakland is only 50 minutes.
They made the flight announcement.
He boarded the plane. The plane took off. After an hour into the flight dinner was served. He was puzzled why they were serving dinner in a 50-minute flight. He did not say anything and ate the dinner with a few glasses of wine.
After a few hours, he could not keep quiet. So, he called one of the flight attendants and asked why it is taking so long to reach Oakland.
The flight attendant replied: Sir, we are now flying over Honolulu. This flight is going to Auckland, New Zealand.