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 Airplane Horror Stories: The Sequel!
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 Sure, you can laugh about it now, but at the time, it was far from funny. Unfortunately, it's also inevitable. The more you travel, the more likely you've had a slightly ill-fated journey -- or five. In this day and age, the transport du jour would be the airplane, and stories abound from travelers who didn't find the skies quite so friendly. Straight from our very own message boards, members shared with us their tumultuous air travel tales -- so many that we also posted a part two! From nose dives to sick seatmates to technical difficulties, traveling might not always be glamorous, but it's still worth the trip.
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"My worst flight was on a trip from Dublin to London. Out of nowhere, the plane took a nose dive ... for about eight seconds! I know it doesn't seem like that long, but seriously, count for eight seconds. That's a long nose dive! Passengers started screaming, luggage went flying out of the overhead bins and the lights went out. So scary! I really thought the plane was going to crash. Everything ended up being ok, at least I think so. The pilot never even announced what happened." ~ Evalla
 Cleanup on aisle five!
"On a recent flight from Jacksonville to Newark, I was seated directly across from a very ill woman. This wasn't simple motion sickness either. She was using her complimentary 'bag' before we even began taxiing. The flight attendants asked her if she wanted to deplane but she insisted on staying ... and continued to get sick for the entire flight, shaking and lying across three seats. Eventually, the attendants just gave her an industrial-sized black garbage bag. Yuck. Trust me, nobody within a three-row radius ate their in-flight snack.
"I was never so happy to see Newark in my life. The kicker is, as I was headed to baggage claim, I heard over the P.A. system, 'Cleanup at Gate X.' Hmm, wonder what happened there!" ~ TravelMel
Is it hot in here?
"I had the delayed flight horror on one trip from Denver to Ottawa via Chicago. I was squeezed in the middle seat between two football-player-sized fellows who smelled of garlic and last night's beer. We sat on the tarmac for five hours. They wouldn't let us off the plane, would not serve food, or let us stand or go to the bathroom as we were waiting for permission to take off -- and the air conditioning didn't work! The two fellows on either side turned into a bath of sweat.
"Finally the plane took off, and took a very long flight detour to the south as there were storms in our path. The hot food had long since cooled off. The cold drinks were warm, and the staff finally decided they couldn't serve the food as it was not suitable to eat. Of course, any connecting flights were non-existent on our arrival in Chicago, many hours late. And at the baggage counter, they advised that they couldn't find the luggage of anyone on the whole plane." ~ Anonymous
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