A Russian man was shocked today after finding himself in Tajikistan instead of southern Russia where he thought he arrived. The news about the passenger who got on a wrong flight has caused many people to laugh.
According to news agency Asia-Plus [1] [ru], Yevgeny Samoshkin was travelling from Yakutsk to a southern Russian city of Kurgan [2] via Moscow. At an airport in Moscow, the 19-year-old student bought a ticket to a wrong destination – the town of Kurgan-Tyube [3] in southern Tajikistan. Without double-checking his ticket, Samoshkin boarded the flight and arrived in Tajikistan. The interesting thing is that the young man did not realize he was in a foreign country before exiting the airport.
Курьез. Вместо Кургана в Курган-Тюбе http://t.co/QNjCVQE5FC [4]
— Radioi Ozodi (@RadioiOzodi) February 28, 2014 [5]
Fail: To Kurgan-Tyube instead of Kurgan http://t.co/QNjCVQE5FC [4]
Russian guy tries to fly to Kurgan, ends up in Kurgan-Tyube: http://t.co/n3xuOyk3jK [6] He sees 1000s of Tajiks and thinks he's still in Russia. — Christian Bleuer (@ChristianBleuer) February 28, 2014 [7]
This guy must have been shocked after landing at Tajikistan's Kurgan-Tube instead of Russia's Kurgan http://t.co/hvq34ps5Su [8]
— Only in Tajikistan (@onlytajikistan) February 28, 2014 [9]
вместо кургана в курган-тюбе? серьезно? чувак, что ты курил перед вылетом?
— Парвиз Хамдамов (@mr_parvizon) February 28, 2014 [10]
Kurgan-Tyube instead of Kurgan? Seriously? Dude, what did you smoke before the flight?
он бы еще опомнился, когда перешел афганскую границу
— Парвиз Хамдамов (@mr_parvizon) February 28, 2014 [11]
Would've been fun if he came to senses when crossing the Afghan border [Kurgan-Tyube is not far from the frontier]
Наш Жека летел в Курган, а попал в Таджикистан o_O XD Звезда всех якутских и российиских новостей :-D
— Вероника Аммосова (@VeronikaAmmos) February 28, 2014 [12]
Our [man] was flying to Kurgan but fund himself in Tajikistan o_O XD. He is now the star of news reports in Yakutsk and throughout Russia :-D
Путешествие, которое он не забудет http://t.co/MveTRLZO4A [13]
— Gay Tajikistan (@gaytajikistan) February 28, 2014 [14]
A trip he will not forget http://t.co/MveTRLZO4A [13]