I used to fly into a UK gov office for work every week for a couple of years, must have taken over 100 flights so during that time so I got pretty relaxed about flying. Also my mum loves Australia so I’ve been taking long-haul flights to Brisbane from Belfast and back pretty much every year since I was six-years-old.
One time I was taking my usual flight over the Irish Sea and the pilot comes on and says “unfortunately we’ve encountered a mechanical issue and will be redirecting to Manchester”.
That’s the first time I’ve seen people crying on a plane, most people were calm though. I was a bit nervous but I realised there was nothing I could do about it except keep calm and not distract cabin crew.
Never found out what happened, we all just shuffled onto a different plane once we landed at Manchester and then took the shortest flight I’ve ever taken in my life, can’t have been more than 20 minutes from Manc to East Mids
One time I was taking my usual flight over the Irish Sea and the pilot comes on and says “unfortunately we’ve encountered a mechanical issue and will be redirecting to Manchester”.
That’s the first time I’ve seen people crying on a plane, most people were calm though. I was a bit nervous but I realised there was nothing I could do about it except keep calm and not distract cabin crew.
Never found out what happened, we all just shuffled onto a different plane once we landed at Manchester and then took the shortest flight I’ve ever taken in my life, can’t have been more than 20 minutes from Manc to East Mids