Pensioner hangs up on Tim Peake from space after thinking it was prank

A woman who received a call from Tim Peake in space hung up on him because she thought it was a prank.
Oops! Major Tim Peake, from Westbourne, tweeted saying sorry for confusing the womanOops! Major Tim Peake, from Westbourne, tweeted saying sorry for confusing the woman
Oops! Major Tim Peake, from Westbourne, tweeted saying sorry for confusing the woman

Betty Barker, 79, took the call at 11pm on Christmas eve. “I thought it was someone who had been out down the pub who was having me on,” she told a news agency.

Major Peake tweeted from the International Space Station apologising.

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He said: “I’d like to apologise to the lady I just called by mistake saying ‘Hello, is this planet Earth?’ - not a prank call...just a wrong number!”

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