London - A sports minister due to make a speech in the Romanian capital Bucharest blundered by flying to Budapest in Hungary instead.
Steve Pallett did not realise his mistake until his flight was about to land 500 miles from his intended destination. Mr Pallett, Jersey’s sports minister, had been due to receive a flag for the 2016 Dance World Cup being staged on the Channel Island.
He has apologised to event organisers in Romania – and for wasting £1 000 of taxpayers’ money – but blamed the confusion on ‘human error’ by officials in his department who booked the flight.
It is not the first time Mr Pallett, 56, has been at the centre of a travel mishap.
In 2013, on an official trip to the Falkland Islands, his luggage got lost in Chile, meaning he had to attend black-tie events in a pair of shorts.
Daily Mail