Pan Am Flight 103

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This happened to my sister in law who was booked on an Air India flight out of Heathrow on Wednesday, 21 December 1988 to spend Christmas with her boyfriend in Alabama. The Air India flight was late in due to engine problems at its starting point so she was told she could rebook at no cost with either Pan Am or TWA. When she approached the 2 check-in desks which were near to each other, there was no one currently at the Pan Am desk so she turned instead to the TWA desk and re-booked on their flight. And the rest is history...
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:25:00 +0000Coincidence ID:4453