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easyJet flyers board plane to find that allocated seats are 'standing room' only

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Vincent
Published date23 June 2022
AuthorSophie Foster
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Footage of the friends looking utterly confused as now gone viral online. Tiktok user Daisy Barr posted a clip of the chaotic scenes to her account, @daisybarr1

Many travellers have been facing issues this summer of lost luggage and huge queues. But missing plane seats appear to be a first with Daisy's clip now racking up more than 140,000 likes.

Bosses at easyJet blamed a "reconfiguration" of seats on the plane for the mixup. And they said alternative seats were soon found for the group.

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Having made it through airport queues and security to finally board the flight, the pals could scarcely believe what awaited them onboard, the Daily Star reports. When they reached row 26 on the plane, which was marked as their seats on their tickets, they discovered their chairs were missing.

In the video, the confused women can be seen awkwardly standing where their seats should be. To the tune of Mission Impossible, they swung the camera to show that the overhead seat numbers clearly stated they were in row 26 – but it was standing space only.

One of the holidaymakers squatted where the seats should be while the others leaned on surrounding chairs and looked for staff members. They held their passports and tickets as other passengers happily loaded their suitcases into the overhead cabin.

In the comments, Daisy wrote: "We obviously didn't stand up during the flight. We just went and found some empty seats, and no one helped us, luckily there were some." She added: "Turbulence was mental."

While another one of the women, Laila Barr, clarified that the flight was with easyJet and added: "But...

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