Because no one can live tweet a crazy story better than Chrissy Teigen
There are few things more aggravating than airline travel — specifically delayed flights. Or, if you’re Chrissy Teigen, a completely rerouted flight that lands you in the exact same location where you began your trip. Eight hours later.
A literal trip to nowhere for an entire airplane full of people, courtesy of a singular misplaced passenger.
Teigen and her husband, John Legend, were en route to Tokyo to spend New Year’s Eve “eating sushi” — or so they thought. Turns out merely four hours into the 11 hour flight, the plane had to do a literal U-turn in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
a flying first for me: 4 hours into an 11 hour flight and we are turning around because we have a passenger who isn’t supposed to be on this plane. Why…why do we all gotta go back, I do not know
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
How does this happen? Seriously, with all the endless hoops one must jump through to even get to a boarding gate — the shoes, the metal detector, the endless scanning of passports and IDs and tickets and dozens of boarding calls — HOW DOES SOMEONE STILL END UP ON THE WRONG FLIGHT? Whether the passenger was having communication struggles or the gate agents were on autopilot (ha, see what I did there?), someone majorly dropped the ball.
Why did we all get punished for this one person’s mistake? Why not just land in Tokyo and send the other person back? How is this the better idea, you ask? We all have the same questions.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
That would be my biggest issue — why must an entire plane full of passengers, most likely hundreds of people, have to be ridiculously inconvenienced for this one person? Naturally, the internet went crazy with conspiracy speculation.
.@chrissyteigen is on an international flight that turned around 4 hours in because a passenger isn’t supposed to be on plane. Look at this flight path! This is my Twilight Zone. pic.twitter.com/II06VmfOah
— Jensen Karp (@JensenClan88) December 27, 2017
Are you sure that’s not (don’t upset the passengers) code for “trying to flee the country”?
— Laurie (@thetankgyrl) December 27, 2017
What is everyone's vibe? Is the airline being apologetic or spooky/suspicious. I'm riddled with whatever is a million times more than curiosity. Ughhh.
— kim caramele (@kimcaramele) December 27, 2017
CHRISSY WE NEED U ON THE GROUND FOR THIS MISSION
— Aaron Costa Ganis (@aaroncostaganis) December 27, 2017
Teigen, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child, seemed to make the most of what would imaginably be an insanely frustrating experience.
Still on the plane. Starting to get a little…as james franco in spring breakers would say… spicious
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Police were interviewing all the people seated around the mystery person once we got off the plane. Why would they do this! I MUST KNOW MORE
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
*quits whatever my job is to devote my life to this likely very simple mistake*
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Apparently all the hullaballoo was due to the passenger having a ticket through the wrong airline. Sure, it’s got to be a relief it wasn’t anything more serious, but still — how does this happen.
They keep saying the person had a United ticket. We are on ANA. So basically the boarding pass scanner is just a beedoop machine that makes beedoop noises that register to nowhere
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
LOL. People were aghast that she was being such a good sport, but if you follow Chrissy Teigen on Twitter, you already know how much she loves a good story.
pic.twitter.com/Kkr1U4VQyB
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
I don’t know why I’m not more upset about this. The pleasure I get out of the story is worth more to me than a direct flight to Tokyo
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
The reactions of all the Twitter users just eating out of the palm of her hand for this story is pure gold.
Plot twist....John is the one who didn’t belong on the plane.
— megan w (@mgnweirich) December 27, 2017
My father-in-law walked downstairs told me to tell you "This will be a LEGENDary flight" and then walked back upstairs
— David Goodman (@dgoodz1224) December 27, 2017
Check with every single person as they walk by you and make sure they’re on the right plane. That is the only way from here on out
— elan gale (@theyearofelan) December 27, 2017
Teigen and Legend seemed to shrug it all off and even had some fun with fellow passengers.
My first tweet can’t be more epic than this: just survived an 8-hour LAX-LAX flight with @chrissyteigen and @johnlegend on #ANA #NH175 pic.twitter.com/yY0vIqfcja
— Raffy (@Raffywu) December 27, 2017
We live here now. This is our new life pic.twitter.com/ero7e5kFOm
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
After spending over eight hours on a plane that went nowhere and a couple more hours spent in the LAX airport lounge, they eventually boarded another (hopefully non-stop) flight.
Taking off!!! Please don’t be the same menu please don’t be the same menu
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017