U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland on Wednesday placed his luggage into the wrong bin while boarding a flight after his testimony on Capitol Hill, CNN reports.
A passenger aboard the plane at the time, Karen-Marie Hyland, told CNN that shortly after realizing his mistake, the ambassador commented: “My whole day has been like this.”
The flight was reportedly bound for Brussels, where the ambassador has a home.
According to The Washington Post, the possibility of whether or not the ambassador would make the flight after leaving his testimony during rush hour was quite the topic on Twitter earlier in the day.
The Post’s Matt Viser tweeted that the only flight heading out of the D.C. international airport bound for Brussels on Wednesday was scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
As the hearing for Sondland’s testimony concluded around 4 p.m., the idea as to whether the ambassador would make the trip from Capitol Hill to the airport in time was up for heated debate, given the District’s notorious reputation for rush-hour traffic.
According to the Post, the social chatter around whether or not he would arrive in time even prompted the airport to trend on Twitter.