Airplane passengers and a pilot were left confused after different passenger number counts troubled a flight departing from Manchester.
An easyJet plane bound for Tenerife was due to leave Manchester Airport just after 1pm on Saturday afternoon, but was forced to be delayed after a pilot raised concerns upon receiving two entirely different headcounts. READ MORE: 'You are number 3403 in the queue' - Thousands are trying to book a Covid booster jab - but there's a big problem The pilot reported to passengers over the tannoy that there were 132 people on board, but only 125 people had been ‘scanned onto the aircraft’ at the gate, raising alarm bells that several passengers had made it onto the plane without ticket or passport checks before
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