Saturday, May 16, 2009

the little engine that could.. NOT

so after Dublin we were flying to London which we thought was going to be easy compared to all the other crazy flight mishaps we've had on this trip. WRONG! we've decided that this is just what happens to us. we are destined to just have flight issues.
ok so this is what happened.. we got on our flight as planned and they started up the plane and started to go ut onto the runway. i guess it was when they were doing the engine tests, the plane started smoking. o they sent out mechanics on the runway to see if they could fix it but they couldnt figure it out so they alled out the firemen and 2 firemen came into our plane to check if the back inside of the plane was on fire(it wasnt). then they evacuatd everyone on the plane right there and when we walked down the stairs out on to the ground there were 6 fireengines surrounding the plane with giant water jets facing the planein case it were to blow up in flames i guess. there were also tons of police and other airport people around. so we all sat ina terminal staring out the window at our poor plane. we all thought the flight would be delayed because we'd have to switch planes... wrong again!
heres the crazy part... after about 30 minutes they had us all load back on the very same plane and we flew off in it all the way to london! needless to say it was a terrifying flight. every little noise or bump or anything made you think "o my gosh were going down!"
they later came on the speakers and announces what had happened (which by the way i dont think in america with an american airline they would tell u in detail what happened).
they said there was an oil leak and it was dripping on something that was causing it to smoke so they patched up the tube.

well we made it safely of course thank God!





i wish i would have got my camera out sooner when we walked down the steps so i could have gotten better close up pictures.


love you all

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