By Luke Andrews For Mailonline
Published: 21:16 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 21:17 GMT, 19 February 2019
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A British man has flown from Prague to the UK on the wrong passport after accidentally taking his friend's and leaving him stranded in the Czech capital.
Allan Poole, 43, from Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, travelled from Prague to Newcastle via Amsterdam on a KLM flight.
The passport was checked or scanned at least four times during the journey but the mistake was never spotted despite the name on his ticket not matching the passport.
Allan Poole, 43, (left) flew back to the UK using his friend Steve Vincent's passport
Border control agents who checked his passport when leaving the Schengen area at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, and UK immigration officials who checked it when he arrived home did not identify the mistake.
KLM staff at the boarding gate in Amsterdam also did not notice the mistake.
Mr Poole's friend, Steve Vincent, 43, also from Whitley Bay, is now stranded in Prague until the British Embassy provide him with an emergency passport.
The mistake was not spotted despite at least four security checks during his
