so this is an old story, and I bet some of you (ie - my dad) have heard it before...and likely re-told it...but for some of you, it will be brand new.
I flew to DC about a year ago...I dont know what for, but I think it was when we had a family reunion in Baltimore, then i took the train up to Delaware for work. Either way...i was flying from DEN to Reagan National.
So about 3 hours into the flight, the pilot comes on the speakers and says that due to "Extreme Winds", we are running out of fuel and will have to stop in Pittsburg to refuel before we get to DC. People start mumbling and grumbling but we all figure "hey...it would be really terrible to run out of fuel and plummet to our deaths". So we accept this, and i keep reading my educational, historical novel (read: UsWeekly).
A few minutes later, pilot comes back on the radio and says "ok - we've been cleared for landing in Pittsburg...we're going to land, re-fuel, then be back in the air within about 20 minutes. we should make up some time in the air, so probably only be a few minutes late". Everyone sighs a little bit in relief.
A few minutes later, pilot comes back on and says "Folks, we're gonna scrap the re-fueling landing in Pittsburg and just try to make it to DC on this tank". There was a millisecond of dead silence, then people started flipppppppping out. i mean, what kind of idiot pilot was this? telling us we dont have enough fuel (like 5 times), then saying 'were gonna give it a shot"
So....we made it (apprently...coasting in on fumes, if the pilot was to be believed). It was a mildly stressful hour, let me tell you.
That's all for now.
ps - this post was a blatant way for me to avoid doing homework. you're welcome.
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That is awful! That happened to my parents and I once. We were flying from San Fran (or LA, I can't remember) to Hong Kong and literally one hour into the FIFTEEN hour flight, our pilot comes on and says "Sorry to bother you folks, but our fuel tank is separated into two compartments and once one is depleted, the other one kicks in, well the second one isn't working so we are going to have to stop in KOREA to refuel."
Um, thanks? Yeah, thanks for telling us one hour into the flight so we can THINK ABOUT IT for the rest of the time. So all I am thinking is "isn't Koren like SUPER close to Hong Kong and all that is between us is OCEAN?" Just so you know, we didn't sleep well on that flight.
Endless... I miss your witty banter!
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