(Source: CBS news)

Why don’t fun and exciting things like this happen on my flights?  Anyways, WordPress founder Matt Mullenwag tweeted, while flying a red eye on Virgin America from San Francisco to New York Thursday morning, that a quick wedding was conducted on his flight while the plane was over Canada.  It just so happened that another passenger, Ryan McManus also broke the news via twitter while floating above ground.

The reporter who wrote about this story got an update from a Virgin America PR representative via email offering the following details:

The crew has been on rest (it was a red eye flight), but I did briefly get a hold of the pilot for the flight – and there was no “diversion” – this was part of the normal flight path. He actually was unaware of the reported celebration in the cabin (so reports that a pilot performed it are definitely not correct). That flight’s normal flight path (VX 28 SFO-JFK) does cross the Canadian border for a few minutes. I have not had reports from anyone else onboard however, so other than that I cannot confirm anything.

Note: Transportgooru.com wishes the newly weds all the very best and extends a warm virtual hug.

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