Passengers furious after they were forced to pay for repairs to flight before it could take off from Beijing to Warsaw
In a recent incident aboard a flight, passengers on an aircraft from Beijing to Poland were asked to pay for repairs just so that the flight could take off. There were about 250 passengers on board the LOT Polish Airlines flight when, according to local Chinese media, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered from a hydraulic pump fault. Outrageously, the passengers were asked to pay the bill after the mechanic, who was brought on to fix the pump, demanded that he would only take cash payments.
The leak was first noticed when the crew members were conducting the after-flight checks after the plane landed at Beijing Capital International Airport on November 11. The plane was supposed to fly back to Warsaw Chopin Airport on November 12 but the passengers were reportedly made to pay for the replacement pump even before it had a chance to take off.