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British Airways officials are talking to computer technicians about in-flight maps which alert passengers to the Kent village of Stansted - rather than Stansted Airport in Essex.
An airline spokesman said the maps - which appear on planes' seat-back screens - "could be confusing" and added that staff were speaking to the firm which created the mapping system.
Passengers tracking their flight path are alerted to the location of "Stansted" - a spot roughly halfway between London and the Kent coast - as aircraft approach southern England.
British Airways said the maps were not highlighting Stansted Airport - which is near the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex - but Stansted, Kent.
"It is something we are aware of," said the spokesman. "There is a village called Stansted in that location, in Kent. The map is not referring to Stansted Airport."
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An airline spokesman said the maps - which appear on planes' seat-back screens - "could be confusing" and added that staff were speaking to the firm which created the mapping system.
Passengers tracking their flight path are alerted to the location of "Stansted" - a spot roughly halfway between London and the Kent coast - as aircraft approach southern England.
British Airways said the maps were not highlighting Stansted Airport - which is near the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex - but Stansted, Kent.
"It is something we are aware of," said the spokesman. "There is a village called Stansted in that location, in Kent. The map is not referring to Stansted Airport."
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