Trouble in Dublin
Well, we saw a bit more of the Dublin airport than we were expecting. We were taxiing for takeoff. And taxiing. It seemed like we were going quite a while. Margo and I started joking. Maybe the pilot got lost. Maybe we were driving to Edinburgh. Then we got the announcement that it appeared there was an error with an electronic component and we were returning to the airport to have it checked out.
So okay, better safe than sorry. We were asked to remain seated and belted. And of course we were tired ... we'd started our journey from Arthur and Mary's house in Long Island at 5pm local time, and it was around 2pm local time now, and for the most part we hadn't slept. After a while, it was announced that the ground crew had replaced the component and we'd be off again.
We again taxi, and again, before hitting the runway, we get an announcement that the same error has appeared. So again we taxi back to the airport. And we wait. And we stay seated and belted. The stewardess making announcements is increasingly apologetic.
After another while we are informed that we will be changing planes, but first we'll be loaded onto buses, so we have to wait for the buses and for adequate ground crew to make it all happen.
During this wait, people are quite cheery, polite and understanding. No one is griping much.
Finally we are bused to another airport terminal. Some passengers loaded up with sandwiches and beer. Then we boarded another plane and this time took off without incident. All in all it was a three hour delay but as we weren't in a hurry and we had no further connections to make, we were better able to take it in stride.
So okay, better safe than sorry. We were asked to remain seated and belted. And of course we were tired ... we'd started our journey from Arthur and Mary's house in Long Island at 5pm local time, and it was around 2pm local time now, and for the most part we hadn't slept. After a while, it was announced that the ground crew had replaced the component and we'd be off again.
We again taxi, and again, before hitting the runway, we get an announcement that the same error has appeared. So again we taxi back to the airport. And we wait. And we stay seated and belted. The stewardess making announcements is increasingly apologetic.
After another while we are informed that we will be changing planes, but first we'll be loaded onto buses, so we have to wait for the buses and for adequate ground crew to make it all happen.
During this wait, people are quite cheery, polite and understanding. No one is griping much.
Finally we are bused to another airport terminal. Some passengers loaded up with sandwiches and beer. Then we boarded another plane and this time took off without incident. All in all it was a three hour delay but as we weren't in a hurry and we had no further connections to make, we were better able to take it in stride.
posted by Michael Nelson at 1:40 am
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