Chrissy Teigen’s flight turned around mid-trip, and she live-tweeted the whole bizarre saga
Holiday travel is known for getting crazy, but this one’s a doozy. Last night, December 26th, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen’s Tokyo-bound plane turned around mid-flight after four hours in the air. That’s right. They spent eight hours on a plane in total only to end up exactly where they started. And lucky for us, Chrissy live-tweeted the entire debacle.
(Side note: This is slightly ironic seeing as Teigen had a Pan Am-themed birthday party on a faux airplane a few weeks back). But anyway, fasten your seatbelts, because this is genuinely one of the most bizarre travel stories we’ve ever heard.
Basically, the Tokyo-bound flight had been in the air for four whole hours when the pilot announced that they would have to turn around and return to L.A. Not because of bad weather. Not because of technical difficulties. They had to turn an entire plane full of people around because it turned out one of the passengers was not supposed to be on the plane. No joke.
Chrissy outlined the entire scenario for her 9.25 million Twitter followers in real-time, and here are some of the highlights.
a flying first for me: 4 hours into an 11 hour flight and we are turning around because we have a passenger who isn’t supposed to be on this plane. Why...why do we all gotta go back, I do not know
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
So many questions and I have no answers. Either do they. This person must be mortified though
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Then fans started tweeting her the live map of the plane’s path, and Chrissy was even more confused.
what is happening how do you know more than I do. I’m still in the sky! https://t.co/0c4q8TKcwN
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Lmao after all this I will have spent 8 hours on a flight to nowhere. Like we were all just havin a great time up here flyin in the sky watching gran torino time to go home now
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
This person is so lucky that we will all have to deplane. Imagine having to walk off alone. The shame!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Naturally, Chrissy had some questions…and tbh, so do we.
I won’t be able to sleep until I know how this person figured out they were on the wrong flight. That’s all I ask. 150 people have been majorly inconvenienced, please, just tell me
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Why did we all get punished for this one person’s mistake? Why not just land in Tokyo and send the other person back? How is this the better idea, you ask? We all have the same questions.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Seriously, how did this happen?!
They keep saying the person had a United ticket. We are on ANA. So basically the boarding pass scanner is just a beedoop machine that makes beedoop noises that register to nowhere
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Finally, they ended up back at Los Angeles International Airport, but the saga wasn’t over just yet…
LAX —> LAX flight complete. Flight time, 8 hours and 20 minutes.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
During this time, Chrissy was having fun retweeting fan photos, like the person who photoshopped a shirt for her that says “I survived LAX to LAX.”
@chrissyteigen walking off her flight like. pic.twitter.com/fM33oGgjHA
— Carly Heading (@carlyylalaa) December 27, 2017
Oh, and to add to the craziness, it turns out the police were called in to interview the passengers sitting near the person who had been on the wrong plane. The plot thickens…
There is a 20 minute interview before we can get off the plane!! This is my dream. Police! Talk to me talk to me
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
they put our plane in a secure area. We can’t be near the common folk
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
My first tweet can’t be more epic than this: just survived an 8-hour LAX-LAX flight with @chrissyteigen and @johnlegend on #ANA #NH175 pic.twitter.com/yY0vIqfcja
— Raffy (@Raffywu) December 27, 2017
Police were interviewing all the people seated around the mystery person once we got off the plane. Why would they do this! I MUST KNOW MORE
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
no one will spill anything
I wish I had more for you guys. I wish I could be your snowden
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
*quits whatever my job is to devote my life to this likely very simple mistake*
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
I have been moved to a room with Bravo. Clearly the authorities are trying to keep me quiet so I don’t BLOW THE LID OFF THIS “SITCH” pic.twitter.com/ohhpCmjviG
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
In case you were worried about Chrissy’s quarantine room, it seems she was at least well-fed.
They....they gave me ramen pic.twitter.com/0o9tk0wPrQ
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
We live here now. This is our new life pic.twitter.com/ero7e5kFOm
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
I just woke up. Still here!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
When fans pleaded for more information, Chrissy said she simply didn’t have any to give.
No one will answer my questions. I told them I won’t tell anybody but I think they know what’s happening here on the Twitter https://t.co/MlA69QUoHm
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Finally, it seemed that all was well, because they were getting on another flight.
Getting on another flight now oh bless
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Although this one was Star Wars-themed, it seems.
Yoda is in a seat and they’re playing Star Wars music
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
She quickly addressed some wild conspiracy theories that she and John were trying to flee the country to avoid being arrested…
Hands down my favorite takes of the night. Not just 2 people wanting to go to tokyo for new year’s eve and sushi nope pic.twitter.com/axMO0bwdqf
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
And of course, the most relatable Tweet of them all:
Taking off!!! Please don’t be the same menu please don’t be the same menu
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
While that entire saga sounds like a total nightmare, we’re thankful that Chrissy took the time to live-tweet and bring us all in on her journey to nowhere. We hope John, Chrissy, and the other passengers are safely en route to Tokyo. They deserve it.