A simple trip from Gold Coast to Queenstown turned into a 23-hour ordeal for an Australian bride travelling to New Zealand to get married.
Olivia Wardrop and 11 members of her bridal party – which included her fiancee and one-year-old daughter – endured a nightmare journey following a series of complications by their aircraft carrier, Jetstar.
Problems initially started when the group’s direct flight from the Gold Coast to Queenstown, which is a three hour flight time, was delayed by four hours on March 18.
Mrs Wardrop felt a sense of relief when the plane finally took off at 10am but it was short-lived.
As they were about to land, it was revealed by the captain they would be diverted to Christchurch – almost 500km away from Queenstown – because of faulty landing equipment.
Shockingly the group were notified over the intercom they would not be getting a connecting flight to the original destination – but that they would be completing the rest of the trip ‘on land’ from Christchurch.
Half of the bridal party traveled by van and half by bus…
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