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Milo Boyd

Man takes eight-hour bus after airline stops him bringing £4million violin on plane

A virtuoso violinist had to take an eight hour bus after he was stopped from carrying his immensely valuable instrument onto a plane.

Janusz Wawrowski from Konin, Poland was carrying an original Stradivarius violin when he was denied boarding on a LOT Polish Airlines flight.

The musician had declined to check the 337-year-old violin in the luggage hold, wanting to keep the instrument by his side at all time.

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