A Polish airline has apologised to a virtuoso violinist after refusing to accept his $5m (£4.1m) Stradivarius violin as hand luggage, resulting in him taking an eight-hour bus trip to get home.
Janusz Wawrowski, a musician and festival director from Poland, attempted to fly from Vilnius in Lithuania to Warsaw when staff from the budget carrier LOT informed him that the 338-year-old instrument would need to be checked in the aircraft’s hold.
