I was suppose to fly out of Raleigh today. I said goodbye to Phantom, packed my bags in the car, went to the airport, and sat there – for 4 hours. The weather front in the northeast delayed my flight from RDU to Newark to the very last second; any more time and I would have for sure missed my connection.
To my relief, we boarded the plane and I was off on my Grand Adventure 2018! The plane started down the runway, picking up speed fast. But right as the wheels were lifting off the ground, the plane came to a screeching halt, essentially taking off and landing at the same time.
The first thought through my head was ‘oh gosh, is another plane in our way? Will we have enough runway to stop?’ Ultimately I settled on ‘well, this is a new experience!’
It turns out the plane had a mechanical error where there was a massive flux in power to the engines in the middle of takeoff. Thankfully we were in a position to stop easily and no one was hurt, but of the thousands of flights I’ve taken – and of the thousands my best friend who works for the airline had taken – we had never heard of that kind of error.
No such thing as uneventful travel for me though, right?
Ginger Without Borders 
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