Plane problems

dsmythy · 2008-08-26 23:26:33

What's going on with planes these days? There was the crashes in Spain and Kyrgyzstan, a fire on a plane in France i think it was, the problems with the Quantas planes, the decompression of the cabin on another flight somewhere over France and breaking news now that an Air France plane has skidded off the runway in…

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#32 27-08-2008 12:21PM

Macha

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I was in an Aer Lingus flight in 2000 from Dublin to Rome, where the same depressurisation of the cabin happened. We had to emergency land in Charles de Gaulle, Paris. 3 fire engines & 4 ambulances guided us in. We quickly cleared all nearby kiosks of any alcoholic beverages! Then I got stuck next to this crazy religious nut telling me how I was going to hell because I took the pill. Told her to feck off as hell had just missed out. We were stuck there for about 6 hours. The worst part was having to get back on a plane to finish the journey *shudder*

Funny, how times change. I remember that incident didn't even make the news & got a tiny paragraph in the Irish Times. Now this one is all over the news. Missed my 15 mins of fame!

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