We’re Back, and So is Tor Martin Johansen

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  11.27.05 | 9:43 PM ET

The 21-year-old Norwegian’s unlikely tale takes our prize for the oddest travel story to emerge during our brief Thanksgiving break. According to an Associated Press report, Johansen dozed off on a short flight from the central Norway city of Trondheim to his hometown of Namsos via Roervik. When he woke up, he was back in Trondheim. 

“I was really taken aback when I heard the cabin attendant say ‘welcome to Trondheim’ when I opened my eyes and thought I had arrived in Namsos,” he was quoted as saying in Friday’s edition of the Oslo newspaper Verdens Gang.

When the commuter plane landed in Namsos, no one noticed the sleeping passenger, or reacted to the extra person on board compared to the passenger count. So the plane returned to Trondheim with Johansen still on board.

“It is completely correct, unfortunately. It has never happened before,” Richard Kongsteien, spokesman for the Wideroe airline, said by telephone. “Seen on its own, it’s an amusing incident, but it is also a very serious matter.”

A close runner up for the oddest holiday story occurred on a United Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida to Washington D.C. The plane was diverted to Charlotte, North Carolina so the authorities could remove a man who urinated in the aisle of the plane.

Tags: North America, United States, Washington, D.C., News and Briefs


3 Comments for We’re Back, and So is Tor Martin Johansen

Tor Martin Johansen 12.01.05 | 3:28 PM ET

hello. See youre writing about my odd jurney.. it was quite funny, but at the time it was pretty boring.
Fun to see this news has come out beyond norway:o)

Dodstrist 12.01.05 | 3:55 PM ET

Lęttis!!! :p
Trist med bare ett kommentar gutten ;)

GatlingGun 03.28.08 | 8:52 PM ET

Hahaha :D

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.