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Bored onboard! Pilot writes cheeky message in the sky

Bored spelt out in green letters on flight tracking app flightradar24 over a map of North Walesflightradar24

The airline said the pilot was testing the plane after a new part was fitted

Have you ever been a bit bored when you have work to do, are on a long car journey or maybe even on a plane?

Long journeys can be really fun but sometimes they can feel a little boring.

Well one pilot, who was flying a plane from Liverpool, felt bored and he let everyone know!

The pilot, was taking a plane out on a test flight to check it was all good after a new part had been fitted.

But during the trip, he did something a bit mischievous - he decided to fly the plane so that the route it took spelt out "I'm bored" on a flight tracking app.

Green squiggles on flightradar24 which spell out bored over a map of Wales and Merseysideflightradar24

The plane took off from Liverpool on Saturday morning before flying around the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire and North Wales

Luckily the people in charge saw the funny side of things, and said that it took some skillful flying.

The operation manager said the pilot was not in trouble for the joke.

"He was a bit bored but he probably had to concentrate a lot in the end to spell out the words," the manager said.

"The plane is now safely back in the hangar and the pilot is on his day off."

Hopefully he's doing something fun, and not boring, on his day off!