Chaos at Budapest Airport: passengers waited hours for Wizz Air

According to Blikk, even the staff of the Budapest Airport did not know why Wizz Air’s flight to Italy’s Milan did not take off. The cabin crew told the passengers that they needed to leave the jet and wait for a new staff. Chaos and scandal at Budapest’s main airgate yesterday evening again. Details below.

Wizz Air‘s scheduled flight to Milan from Budapest took off more than 5 hours later than it was due. They should have begun their journey at 7.10 PM. However, it was delayed first to 9.20 PM. Afterwards, the airline moved it to 10.20 PM. Finally, the jet left Budapest only at 0.30 AM the next day.

However, passengers boarded the plane at 10.30 PM. All seats were occupied by many tourists and children, which is not surprising on an Italy flight during the summer season. However, instead of the regular security check, nothing happened. Passengers saw the captain and cabin crew holding a council in the front of the plane, Blikk wrote.

Then the captain said they ran out of working time. Therefore, people must leave the plane and wait for the replacement. They will prepare the flight in two hours, so they will take off at 0.30 AM.

Balázs, a passenger, said that the security check was quick. They befriended the thought that their jet would not take off for another 2-3 hours. They heard about the strikes at Italy’s airports, so they did not suspect anything. Staff checked them in again, so people lost their original seats next to their family members, kids. Boarding was completed swiftly, and people started to swap places to be close to their loved ones.