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TAP Flights 453 & 247 (1)

            Transportes Aéreos Portugueses.

07/07/1977, London to Lisbon. Lisbon to Kinshasa, Zaire (Now the Democratic Republic of Congo). I travelled alone on this flight.
Portuguese airline TAP provided the wings, and it was quite an uneventful flight, however... the first leg arrived in Lisbon about tea time, and the second leg, by 747 Jumbo, had a scheduled departure of 0045 hrs. the next day.
TAP provided each through passenger with a room in the Penta Hotel Lisbon while we waited.  Passports had to be handed in at Reception.
The outgoing flight was delayed, and we didn't get called until about 0300. A shuttle bus was provided, and a group of very sleepy-headed travellers traipsed out to the waiting coach.
Arriving at the airport, there was a sudden realisation that none of us had remembered to collect our passports from reception when we checked out. 
The TAP agent was furious, the coach driver was furious, and WE were furious that the reception staff hadn't returned our passports to us!
A hasty shuffle back to the coach, a rapid drive to the hotel, much commotion, passports collected, and a rush back to the airport, where, with the usual chaos, we all boarded the flight and settled in for the long, overnight flight across half of Africa.
   

Taken on: November 18, 2020

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Transportes Aéreos Portugueses

TAP

1977

Solen

IMO 5333402

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