A SriLankan Airlines crew faced a passenger revolt when they informed their clients they were about to take off in an plane that was missing 5ft of wing tip.
The passengers were horrified to find that the Airbus A340 they were boarding was the same plane they had crashed the previous day resulting in the damaged wing tip which caused their flight to be delayed by 24 hours.
One passenger told reporters they had been promised a different plane but added: "We only realized that we were actually going on the same aircraft when we got to the Club lounge and saw the plane but without its wing tip."
