Inside aviation's most frightening tales from plane disasters to haunted airports
dailystar.co.ukholidays over the coming weeks and thanks to delays and cancellations plenty of folk will be waiting around in terminals for their flights.But there might be also something unexpected lurking in the baggage area - for many of the world’s top airports appear to be haunted by spooky spectres.Here James Moore reveals the plane truth about some of aviation’s most flight-ening tales. READ MORE: Aer Lingus passengers terrified as plane 'almost runs out of fuel' sparking mid-air chaosIn 1948 a Douglas DC-3C from Belgian airline Sabena was involved in a horror crash at London’s Heathrow Airport that killed 20 people.
During the rescue operation workers encountered a man asking for his briefcase, but chillingly firefighters later saw the same man dead in the wreckage.Since then a ghostly figure carrying a briefcase has been seen on the runway.
It even turned up on radar in the 1970s. But when emergency services rushed to the scene, they found no-one.Other ghosts seen at the airport include a grey-suited man sitting in VIP lounges who mysteriously disappears and even a vision in period dress thought to be highwayman Dick Turpin.Many travellers and staff at Honolulu’s Daniel K Inouye International Airport have reported seeing a ghostly lady with blonde hair and a white dress near one of the departure gates.It’s said she is the spirit of a woman who fell in love with a man who left on a flight but never returned.
There are also reports of poltergeist activity in the airport’s bathrooms, with unoccupied toilets flushing and unravelling toilet paper.
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