By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline
Published: 14:30 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 17:41 GMT, 25 March 2019
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British Airways passengers have spoken of their shock after boarding a plane to Dusseldorf - that ended up in Edinburgh.
The flight, BA3271, set off from London City airport at 7.47am today and was supposed to head east to Germany.
But the pilot on the service - operated by Germany-based WDL Aviation on a 'wet lease' arrangement with BA - was given a flight plan that directed him to the Scottish capital and he touched down there at 9am.
British Airways passengers on board a leased WDL Aviation-operated flight from London City Airport to Dusseldorf ended up in Edinburgh after the pilot of the aircraft was given the wrong flight plan
Passengers on board the service only realised they were at the wrong destination after the plane landed and a 'welcome to Edinburgh' announcement was made.
Some on board took to Twitter to complain about the very unexpected diversion.
One passenger, called Son Tran, tweeted BA to ask: 'Can you please explain how can my morning flight taking off from LCY to Düsseldorf land in Edinburgh?
'While an interesting concept, I don't think anyone on board has signed up for this mystery travel
