600 Passengers Experience Freddie Mercury Tribute Inside Parked Planes at Freezing Munich Airport
KEY POINTS
- •On Thursday, approximately 600 passengers spent the night trapped onboard six parked planes at Munich Airport due to heavy snowfall.
- •The airport could not clear the snow in time, causing flight cancellations and terminal gate congestion, while bus services were restricted.
- •The incident prompted a police report submission to the public prosecutor and drew complaints from passengers about lack of food, drink, and blankets.
On last Thursday night, about 600 passengers were involuntarily cast in the world’s coldest airplane slumber party at Munich Airport, Europe’s 10th-busiest hub. Thanks to heavy snowfall, no flight took off before the 1 a.m. curfew, turning six planes—five Lufthansa Group and one Air Arabia—into glorified frozen coffins. Temperatures plunged to 30°F (barely above Hobbiton, really), but Lufthansa thought blankets and snacks were optional extras. 'No food, no drink, no blankets,' lamented Søren Thieme from the doomed Copenhagen flight. Meanwhile, terminal gates were chock-full, buses were MIA due to 'communication issues,' and police prepped a report for prosecutors—because apparently just freezing passengers was a legal matter. In summary: plane, snow, no escape. Everyone’s new favorite ice hotel.
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600 people trapped overnight on planes at Munich, no blankets, no food, buses already drunk of duty. Snow basically RSVP’d to the chaos party.
Turns out if you want a real winter staycation, just book a Lufthansa flight stuck on a snowed-in tarmac. No room service, just frostbite.
Munich Airport’s idea of customer service is letting 600 people compete in a Frozen-themed endurance trial with zero provisions and broken buses.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/24/2026 | Author: Pete Syme
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