A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby because of an error with an airline’s booking system.

The problem occurs because American Airlines’ systems apparently cannot compute that Patricia, who did not want to share her surname, was born in 1922, rather than 2022.

The BBC witnessed the latest mix-up, which she and the cabin crew were able to laugh off.

“It was funny that they thought I was only a little child and I’m an old lady!” she said.

But the centenarian says she would like the glitch to be fixed as it has caused her some problems in the past.

      • @Eheran
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        18 months ago

        We are taking about BBC, not some local news site. Hence I too find that odd.

        • Flying Squid
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          58 months ago

          The BBC is under no obligation to only report on deadly serious issues and it has never been that way.

          • @Eheran
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            08 months ago

            Obviously…? I even up voted this, making it more likely for them to continue doing this.