Elderly couple bound for Michigan ended up on Canadian Border

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An elderly Florida couple bound for Michigan found themselves in upstate New York after an airline mixup.

Helen Wheeker, 96, and husband George Nobel, 89, were wheeled onto a plane at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International airport on Wednesday they thought was headed to Grand Rapids, Mich.But when the great-grandparents’ Allegiant Air flight landed on, they found out they were were in Ogdensburg, N.Y. — a small town just across the St. Lawrence River from Canada.

heeker and Nobel — who split their time between Fort Lauderdale and Grand Rapids — took a flight right back to Florida.

A glitch in Allegiant Air’s system meant the company couldn’t read boarding passes, meaning the couple was put on the neighboring flight for New York, a company spokeswoman told Local 10 News.

Wheeker and Nober’s flight was refunded, and they hope to take another shot at flying to Michigan on Saturday, according to the channel.

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